The Government has announced a raft of changes around Ant-Social Behaviour (ASB), including that landlords face unlimited fines if their properties fall into disrepair.

Currently, fines attached to so-called “Section 215” orders are capped at £1,000. But the housing department headed up by Michael Gove said it was now removing this cap in a bid to encourage landlords to fix disrepair which can attract anti-social behaviour.

Such fines have previously been levied against property owners for failing to tidy up homes and gardens which have become run down and overgrown, as well as on large vacant industrial sites and derelict buildings.