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By: David Smith

David Smith is head of property litigation in London for JMW Solicitors

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    Plans to reform renters rights must protect “clear, comprehensive and workable” grounds for possession, a landlords body has warned.
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    Tackling the housing crisis is no easy matter, and it requires radical change on all fronts, writes David King in today's Notebook.

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    Many local authorities in England have never prosecuted a landlord at all for poor standards.

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