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Landlords will be required to install fire and carbon monoxide alarms by law

Landlords will be required by law to install working smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in their properties, under measures announced today.

Housing Minister Brandon Lewis says the move will help prevent up to 36 deaths and 1,375 injuries a year.

Landlords will be required by law to install working fire and carbon monoxide alarms Credit: PA

The action comes after a Torbay MP Adrian Sanders raised the proposal in a Private Member's Bill in 2011 following the deaths of two children in Torquay in 2009.

The measure is expected to take effect from October 2015.

Adrian Sanders, Torbay MP, raised the proposal in Parliament in 2011 Credit: ITV News