Westminster ditches Tory council in ‘totemic’ local election result

The Renters Reform Bill promises a "new deal" for England's 4.4 million private rented households, says Downing Street.

"I understand that regional mayors may soon be given the power to ban properties from being used as short-term lets," writes James Forsyth, political editor of The Spectator, in The Times.

Housebuilding target abandoned as the Prime Minister launches an independent review of access to mortgage finance. Property industry calls out proposals as "bluff and bluster".