Soaring numbers of tenants are being turned out of their
homes by bailiffs. The surge in evictions was blamed by Labour on the failure
of wages to keep pace with rent increases, as well as the introduction of the so-called
“bedroom tax”. County court bailiffs repossessed 41,195 properties on behalf of
landlords in the 12 months to September. Labour said it estimated 90,000 people
had been evicted over the period. The total represented a 49 per cent increase
on the 27,628 evictions over the same period four years earlier. Read more on
the Independent website.
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