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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Robert Booth and Kiran Stacey

Ban on no-fault evictions in England unlikely this year

Lime green and dark blue Property to Let sign against a stone house with white plastering on upper section and red window frames
The bill will pave the way for a new ombudsman for private rented housing, so tenants have a national body to complain to when things go wrong. Photograph: Kevin Britland/Alamy

Michael Gove has won a battle with No 10 to push ahead with a ban on no-fault evictions and other reforms, but renters will not get protection until next year.

An overhaul of private renting, first promised in the 2019 Conservative election manifesto, was feared to be in jeopardy amid the threat of a mass rebellion by Tory landlord MPs.

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