Almost a third of Tory MPs trying to weaken tenant protection bill are landlords

Analysis shows 14 landlord MPs are among the 47 backbenchers who have signed amendments to bill

Almost a third of the MPs attempting to water down or delay new laws to better protect England’s 11 million private renters are landlords, analysis has revealed.

MPs including Bob Blackman, Nick Fletcher, Marco Longhi and Geoffrey Clifton-Brown are pressing for changes to the long-awaited renters’ reform bill, which will ban no-fault evictions. They want to make it easier for landlords to throw out tenants for antisocial behaviour instead.