00:00 >>Mr Osborne: Annalisa and her two children lived in their home for eight years. In May,
00:07 they were kicked out with a no-fault eviction notice. Despite his Government's pledge
00:13 to scrap no-fault evictions, this week the Prime Minister crumbled to the landlords on
00:18 his own Back Benches and killed the policy.
00:21 >>Mr Osborne: We have taken significant action to help renters like Annalisa and others.
00:26 We have capped holding deposits at one week, we have protected tenants from rip-off tenancy
00:31 fees, delivered almost half a million affordable homes for rent, halved the number of percentage
00:38 of substandard homes in the private rented sector and strengthened local authority enforcement
00:42 powers, because this Government are delivering for renters. But we are also trying to ensure
00:48 that the new generation can buy their own home. Perhaps the right hon. Gentleman can
00:51 explain to Annalisa and thousands of millions of others why, when we brought forward plans
00:56 to unlock 100,000 new homes, he stood in the way of that.
01:00 >>Mr Osborne: I am sure that Annalisa and her children, who have now been evicted, will
01:03 take great comfort from that non-answer. Emma and her teenage son saw their mortgage go
01:10 up by more than a quarter. They may think this is funny, but this is real life. After
01:17 16 years of dutifully paying their mortgage, for the first time she is having to choose
01:23 between new shoes for her son and putting the heating on.
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