Ending upward-only rent reviews is vital

The government said legal difficulties were behind its decision to abandon the pre-election commitment to abolish upward-only rent reviews. And no doubt there were legal obstacles. However, we have seen how legislative action can override such legal constraints - just look at what happened with the banks and the special powers the government took on.

The reality is that, by abandoning this commitment, the government made a choice - which was to favour ...