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The government has brought in some encouraging policies to tackle the rise in buy-to-let landlords and protect the interests of first-time buyers, but there is more to do.

Like a particularly strange, obscure breed of nerds, those with an interest in pension policy found themselves glued to BBC Parliament on Monday as pensions minister Steve Webb finally stood up to announce the government’s White Paper on a single-tier state pension.

Today saw the publication of a report on the private rental sector by Sir Adrian Montague. Its central recommendation is to unleash institutional investment in ‘build-to-let’ properties – homes not designed for owning, but just for renting.