Campaigners have delivered a petition with 50,000 signatures to the government calling for a ban on unfair evictions by private landlords.
It came as polling showed even Conservative voters are strongly in favour of rent controls and greater protections for tenants.
The end unfair evictions coalition is fighting section 21 rules that allow landlords keen to cash in on rising property prices or to raise the rent to issue no-fault notices to force out tenants.
