Landlords 'holding parliament hostage' over threat of selling up - as peers urged to 'rescue' Renters Reform Bill

Landlords have been accused of "holding parliament hostage" with the threat of selling up to stop tenants' rights from being strengthened.

A fresh row erupted on the eve of the controversial Renters Reform Bill coming to the House of Lords for its second reading, as one landlord group warned of a supply crisis in the private sector.

However the Renters Reform Coalition, which includes Generation Rent, said the bill will "preserve the central power imbalance at the root of why renting in England is in crisis", and called on peers to "rescue" it.