Labour’s pledge to cap onerous ground rents for leasehold homeowners at no more than £250 a year is facing being cut after treasury officials intervened, The i Paper has learned.

Campaigners fear this has delayed Labour’s leasehold reforms and the long-awaited changes may “no longer meet expectations” and “break election promises” as a result.

Failing to cap ground rents would be an “outrageous betrayal” of millions of voters, they said.

The reforms were being brought forward by former housing secretary Angela Rayner before her resignation in September. New Feature

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The former deputy prime minister is understood to be determined to see that the Government follows through on its manifesto commitment to tackle unregulated and unafforda

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