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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent

Nicola Sturgeon announces rent freeze for tenants in Scotland

Nicola Sturgeon on the way to the chamber of the Scottish parliament to present the programme for government.
Nicola Sturgeon on the way to the chamber of the Scottish parliament to present the programme for government. Photograph: Ken Jack/Getty Images

Nicola Sturgeon has announced a rent freeze for public and private properties and a ban on winter evictions, in a package of measures “deliberately focused” on the cost of living crisis.

Describing pressures on household budgets as a “humanitarian emergency”, Scotland’s first minister set out the annual programme for government as the Holyrood parliament met for the first time after the summer recess.

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