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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Adam Forrest

Gove delays no-fault eviction ban in ‘grubby deal’ with Tory MPs, says Labour

PA Wire

Cabinet minister Michael Gove is delaying the promised ban on “no fault” evictions until after a reform of the courts is achieved – provoking claims he is kicking the key measure in his own bill into the “long grass”.

The levelling up secretary has told Conservative MPs – worried about the impact of the Renters Reform Bill – that the ban on section 21 evictions won’t be enacted before a series of improvements are made in the legal system.

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