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Rayner puts forward legislation to protect private tenants from no-fault evictions

LABOUR presented legislation today that it said would protect private tenants from no-fault evictions.
Housing Secretary Angela Rayner put forward the proposed Renters’ Rights Bill to MPs which she said would “transform” the private rented sector.
Tory pledges to do the same in the last parliament foundered under pressure from landlords.
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