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<p> </p><p>Requiring letting agents to be transparent about their fees will prevent
the small minority of rogue agents from imposing unreasonable, hidden charges. This
common sense approach avoids excessive state regulation which would just push up rents
for tenants. This and mandatory membership of redress schemes will give local authorities
the tools they need to weed out the cowboys that give agents a bad name; and drive
up standards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have not received particular representations
from local authorities on this issue. We will undertake a New Burdens assessment in
due course in the usual way.</p><p> </p>
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