Emma Reynolds MP, Labour’s Shadow Housing Minister, responding to new figures showing the average cost of renting a home privately across England and Wales has reached a record high, said:

“As rents hit a record high, worsening the cost-of-living crisis, it is clear millions of tenants are paying the price of the David Cameron’s failure to build enough affordable homes.

"The Government’s housing and economic policies are making the housing crisis worse not better.”

“Rather than face the reality and change course, the Tory-led government remains in denial. It just goes to show how out of touch they are with the everyday lives of millions of renters.”