Millions of workers across Spain launched a nationwide general strike over the housing crisis, bringing transport and manufacturing to a standstill ahead of an election.

Green Party leader Zack Polanski used his conference address to demand a three-year emergency rent brake on private rents and urge voters to back his party.

A new research report proposes that freezing private rents at 2024 levels could save the government £2bn annually and provide household savings. Green Party leader Zack Polanski has voiced his support for the findings as the debate over housing affordability continues.