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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Severin Carrell Scotland editor

Scotland and Westminster join forces on vaping, rail and renting reform

A person using a single-use vaping product
New UK-wide bills included a ban on tobacco products, where Scottish agreement is needed to control the way vapes are sold to young people. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA

The Scottish and UK governments have agreed to collaborate on new measures to control vaping, nationalise railways and ban landlords from barring families on benefits from housing.

Kate Forbes, Scotland’s deputy first minister, said her government welcomed the new approach, which follows years of repeated confrontations between the Scottish National party government and the Conservatives at Westminster.

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