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Home Office ‘wants landlords to break law’ on rent rights
‘Discriminatory’ policy shows Tories' hostile environment ‘is still in full force’ and must be scrapped, Labour says after landlords advised to ignore own code
Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott and shadow attorney general Shami Chakrabarti during a visit to Yarl's Wood Immigration detention centre in Bedford, in February 2018

THE Tories’ hated hostile environment for migrants is still in “full force,” Labour warned today after yet another Home Office cock-up emerged.

Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott spoke out after landlords said they now face years behind bars if they follow the department’s botched rulebook.

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) says the Home Office has told proprietors to cut corners which could see them face prosecution.

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