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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Ben Quinn Political correspondent

Michael Gove says no-fault evictions will be banned this year

Michael Gove outside the BBC
Michael Gove outside the BBC on Sunday. Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock

Michael Gove has vowed that no-fault evictions will be banned this year, as he warned separately that democracy was under threat if young people were shut out from owning their own home in future.

Ministers have come under fire in recent days from campaigners who have said its bill to get rid of so-called section 21 evictions in England, whereby landlords can remove tenants for no reason, is inadequate. The ban was also a pledge made in the Conservatives’ 2019 manifesto.

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