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Labour’s housing hypocrisy: councils serve almost 200 families with no-fault eviction notices


Exclusive: firms run by five of the party’s councils have used legal loophole to serve section 21 notices

Labour-run councils have used a legal loophole to issue almost 200 families with no-fault eviction notices since the party was elected on a promise to ban the practice, a Guardian investigation has found.

Scrapping these orders, known as section 21 evictions, was one of Keir Starmer’s main pledges before last July’s general election but, more than a year later, they remain lawful.

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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/oct/18/labours-housing-hypocrisy-councils-serve-almost-200-families-with-no-fault-eviction-notices

Author : Geraldine McKelvie Senior correspondent

Publish date : 2025-10-18 09:00:00

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