BREAKING: Boris promises renters will be protected from eviction under coronavirus law
, he responded: ‘I can confirm we will be bringing forward legislation to protect private renters from eviction. That is something we will be doing.Mr Corbyn told him: ‘We know the stress private sector renters are going through. They need something said urgently. Today would be appropriate.’Speaking in Prime Minister’s Questions, the Labour leader said: ‘Yesterday, the Chancellor offered nothing to the 20 million people living in rented housing, including three million households with children.
‘It is in the interest of public health that people don’t feel forced to go to work in order to avoid eviction.’More follows.
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