A Labour government would restrict property ground rent for all leaseholders in a move that goes far beyond the current government's planned reforms, Telegraph Money can reveal.

There are more than four million leasehold properties in England, but many have unfair charges and restrictions demanded by freeholders.

In the worst cases the ground rent charged to the leaseholder doubles every 10 years, leaving homes unsellable.

Labour will suggest capping ground rents for existing houses and flats at 0.1pc of a property’s value, up to a maximum of £250 a year.

Sebastian O’Kelly of the Leasehold Knowledge Partnership, the property campaigners, said: “It is an excellent proposal. Ground rent has no service whatsoever. It has been foisted on leaseholders by developers, to their detriment.”

Other proposals, including ending ground rents for all new leasehold properties, will be unveiled in a consultation dubbed Labour's New Deal for Leaseholders on Tuesday.

Sarah Jones, shadow housing minister, said: “Ground rents are money for nothing. The scandal of rapidly increasing ground rents, paid to freeholders who offer no service in return, must end.”

The proposals go far further than the Government's own plans, which focus mostly on new leaseholders and houses, and not on existing residents and flats.