A ban on evictions must be extended for at least another year and rent arrears cancelled, former Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell warned tonight.
The ex-frontbencher, who led Labour's economic policy for four-and-a-half years, called for a long term shakeup to “end landlordism and restore housing as a right”.
Companies and trusts should be blocked from buying homes and there should be a legal limit on the number of properties individual landlords can own, he demanded.
Mr McDonnell, who was at Jeremy Corbyn's side at the top of Labour from September 2015 to April this year, outlined the plan in his 'Claim the Future' project, which, he says, offers a “radical and optimistic vision of what we can build together”.