Sajid Javid should let councils tackle rogue landlords | Robin Wales & John Healey

In Newham, the council’s licensing scheme for private landlords has uncovered abuses and exploitation. So why isn’t the government interested?Sir Robin Wales is mayor of Newham and John Healey is shadow secretary of state for housingA mother with a baby charged £350 a month in rent for living in a shed, a family with two children charged £700 a month for a property condemned as dangerous, and a former council house overcrowded and cockroach-infested, with tenants being ch