The "once in a generation" Renters Reform Bill will be going ahead - but for now, it won't live up to the promises it originally pledged.

King Charles III today announced that the Renters' Reform Bill would be carried through Parliament ahead of the next year's General Election. However, the bill has been significantly watered down compared to its original form.

The long-awaited ban on no-fault evictions - which was a 2019 Tory manifesto promise and the backbone of this Bill - will only be brought in after a series of improvements are made in the legal system. Currently, landlords can evict tenants who are not on fixed-term contracts without giving a reason, under legislation known as Section 21. Campaigners have said this.

The Housing Secretary Michael Gove first made this announcement last month after Tory MP landlords were rumoured to be blocking the bill in a bid to delay it. The Housing secretary was also believed to be facing a major revolt from Tory MPs who were landlords. Between 30 and 80 Conservative backbenchers are reportedly thought to privately oppose the legislation.

However, the Government said the Renters Reform Bill, which includes a range of other measures, would support around 11 million private renters and around 2.3millions landlords in England. In his address to Parliament, King Charles said: "Renters will benefit from stronger security of tenure and better value, while landlords will benefit from reforms to provide certainty that they can regain their properties when needed."

Shadow Housing Secretary Angela Rayner said the Government was actually "betraying" renters with a "grubby deal" with Tory backbenchers. She said: "The Conservatives’ long-promised ban on no fault evictions has majority and cross-party support across the House, but this flip-flop kicks it into the long grass. Having broken the justice system, they are now using their own failure to indefinitely delay keeping their promises to renters in the most underhand way."

Alongside the eventual ban on no-fault evictions - the King's speech promised to include the following measures under the rental reform bill.

The Bill will also make it easier for landlords to recover properties when they need to. It was confirmed today that reforms will "broaden" the disruptive and harmful activities that can lead to eviction and make it quicker to evict a tenant acting anti-socially.

Notice periods are to also be shortened for tenants who break their tenancy agreement such as missing repeated rent payments or have caused severe damage to the property. According to the Government, this could be as little as two weeks. New repossession rights will also be introduced for landlords who want to sell their property or want to move themselves or family members into it.

Alongside the Bill, the Government said it is working to speed up the court process around repossession of properties, and said both landlords and tenants will be engaged in the process to ensure the system is as straightforward and efficient as possible.

Today's speech also promised to bring forward amendments to the Bill including protections for the student market, and making it illegal to have blanket bans on tenants who are on benefits or have children. The Government said the latter would protect against discrimination while leaving landlords with the final say on who they rent to.

You can read about all of the policies originally put forward in the Rental Reform Bill here.