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The Conservatives pledged to axe no-fault evictions in their election manifesto.has delayed plans to end no-fault evictions after dozens of Tory MPs threatened to vote against it.election manifesto - would not go ahead until reforms were made to the way courts handle so-called “Section 21” cases.accused him of striking a “grubby deal” with Tory MPs to avoid an embarrassing backbench rebellion.
“The Conservatives’ long-promised ban on no-fault evictions has majority and cross-party support across the House, but this flip-flop kicks it into the long grass.“Having broken the justice system, they are now using their own failure to indefinitely delay keeping their promises to renters in the most underhand way.”
A spokesman for Rishi Sunak this morning insisted the government was still committed to ending no-fault evictions, but could not guarantee that it will happen before next year’s general election.
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