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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Aine Fox

Government accused of ‘kicking can down road’ on plans to ban no-fault evictions

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A timetable for the banning of no-fault evictions must be set out by Government, Housing Secretary Michael Gove has been told, amid concerns it may otherwise be delayed indefinitely.

The long-awaited abolition of section 21, where a landlord can evict a tenant without providing any reason, would not come in until court reforms and stronger possession grounds for landlords were in place, the Government said on Tuesday.

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