John Heron, Paragon Mortgages’ managing director John Heron has called for the government to support, via policy, the private rented sector.

He made the plea at the Council of Mortgage Lenders’ (CML) annual buy-to-let and private rented sector conference.

Heron , chairman of the conference, said that buy-to-let had “revolutionised the rental market””. He claimed to was responsible for improving standards and choice for consumers