The House of Lords has voted through the leasehold reform bill without the promised cap on ground rents in an eleventh-hour debate as legislators scrambled to approve critical policies before the suspension of parliament.

Leasehold Reform Bill passes — but no ground rent cap for existing leaseholders - Neither leaseholders nor freeholders are entirely happy with the last-minute legislation

The Conservative pledge to end section 21 so-called no-fault evictions will reportedly now not be met, with the shelving of the Renters Reform Bill. Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt did not include the Bill as she laid out legislation which could be rushed through by MPs ahead of Parliament being prorogued on Friday,