Blow for renters as major reforms watered down by Michael Gove after he caves to pressure from Tory...

A ban on hated no-fault evictions is now only expected to apply to less than a tenth tenants before the" to handle disputes stemming from the change.

In a separate blow for renters, the period by which they can end a tenancy has been extended from two to six months, giving landlords more protection.Angela Rayner refuses to publish legal advice around sale of ex-council house But campaigners have slammed the move, accusing the Housing Secretary of "selling renters down the river".Mr Gove had spent months locked in intense negotiations with rebel landlord backbenchers who were desperate to kill the new law - or at least weaken it.But Rishi Sunak is understood to have blocked the move, preferring to find a compromise that would placate a rebellion.

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