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Landlords will be forbidden from evicting tenants for no reason – but reform has only just begun

Kim McKee, Senior Lecturer, Social Policy and Housing, University of StirlingTom Simcock, Research Fellow, Edge Hill University Change is coming. Soon, private tenants in England will have the security they need to call their rented house a home. The UK government has announced plans to abolish “no fault” Section 21 evictions in England, meaning that landlords will no longer

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Fertility and egg freezing – a debate well worth having

Bryan McIntosh, Associate Professor, Health Sciences, University of Stirling The recent proposal from the Shadow health Secretary Miles Briggs MSP, to make ‘egg freezing’ available to all women in Scotland, is a progressive one. Currently, egg freezing is only provided to young women who receive it as part of a package of care for certain

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Welcome to the Stirling Public Policy Blog

Professor Judith Phillips, Deputy Principal (Research) It is my pleasure to write the first post for the University of Stirling Public Policy Blog. The blog will be a centre of expert comment and analysis on matters of interest to politicians and policymakers in Scotland, the UK, and around the world. Drawing on the expertise of

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