Emma Reynolds MP, Labour’s Shadow Housing Minister, responding to Grant Shapps’ statement on Labour’s plans for three-year tenancies and predictable rents, said:

“It is now clear that the Tories have abandoned Generation Rent.

“They used to say that families who rent deserve stability for their children - but they’ve done nothing to make it happen. Now the Tories are attacking plans they previously supported.

“The Tories promised to get Britain building but they’re presiding over the lowest levels of house building in peacetime since the 1920s. They promised to improve private renting but they’ve turned their back on reform.

“The nine million people who rent won’t forget this.”