The Mayor of London has called last week’s shelving of the renters reform bill “a huge betrayal” of London’s 2.7 million private renters.

City Hall analysis revealed that no-fault evictions in London have risen by 52% in the past year, more than five times the rate seen in the rest of England and Wales.

Ministry of Justice figures for Q1 2024 show there were 11,880 no-fault eviction claims in London in the year ending March 2024, a 52% increase from 7,834 in the previous year.