HUNDREDS of activists joined forces at the weekend protesting against tenants’ evictions during the Covid-19 pandemic by some of the biggest landlords in the country.

Momentum activists held a series of socially distanced protests across England on Saturday as part of the grassroots group’s Eviction Resistance Campaign.

It has been launched in response to the “tidal wave” of evictions threatening renters once the evictions ban is lifted, with half a million people having gone into rent debt since the start of the pandemic after losing their income, according to Citizens Advice.