16th February 2026

Legal warning to government over Renters Rights Act

The Law Society of England and Wales is warning that the government must further invest in courts ahead of the Renters Rights Act. It says private landlord repossessions will continue to rise ahead of the Act coming into force in May.   New quarterly statistics from the Ministry of Justice found that private landlord repossessions have increased by 3% compared with the same period last year.   This rise comes months before Section 21 evictions are abolished in England on May 1 and is expected to lead to...