Stop! In the Name of Gove
Newscast
BBC
4.3 • 6.6K Ratings
🗓️ 17 May 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Landlords could be banned from evicting tenants with no justification as part of a long-promised overhaul of the private rental sector in England.
Adam and Chris question Housing Secretary Michael Gove on the new law being tabled in Parliament on Wednesday, which would also give renters the legal right to request a pet in their home.
And, he talks about reports of a rift in government over immigration plans, suggestions that the Brexit deal needs to be revised, and what those accents he did on BBC Breakfast last year were all about.
Today’s Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Flynn with Ben Carter and Joe Wallace. The senior editor is Sam Bonham.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:04.9 | Hello, slightly different kind of episode of newscasts today, because following on from |
| 0:09.8 | the episode we did a couple of days ago, looking at lots of issues in the housing market |
| 0:13.5 | and particularly in the rented sector, we're going to have a conversation with the housing |
| 0:18.3 | secretary Michael Gove, because today Wednesday he's publishing that piece of legislation |
| 0:24.1 | everyone has been waiting for, reforms to the rental market in England, and particularly |
| 0:30.3 | getting rid of that thing that really worries people no fault evictions, where your landlord |
| 0:36.1 | can just tell you with not very much notice that you've got to leave and without giving |
| 0:40.7 | a particularly good reason. |
| 0:42.4 | There's lots of other stuff in there as well, and also you know what Michael Gove is like, |
| 0:46.0 | he's quite funny, he's done a lot of jobs and he can sometimes be quite candid. |
| 0:52.5 | So shall we have a chat with him? |
| 0:55.2 | Newscasts from the BBC. |
| 0:56.8 | He got trounced by the former Prime Minister who herself got beaten by a letter. |
| 1:01.1 | At least I didn't slap anybody which is good. |
| 1:03.2 | Rean economy, blah blah blah. |
| 1:05.0 | It's the Guardian reading, tofu eating, woperati. |
| 1:09.2 | I'm actually very right wing. |
| 1:10.8 | You do come up with the most remarkable twaddle, today I feel gay. |
| 1:14.6 | The Prime Minister is not under a desk. |
| 1:17.1 | I'm here because I like Harry and Meghan and I don't care what anybody says about me. |
| 1:21.8 | Hello, it's Adam in the studio and Chris, where are you? |
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