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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>

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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>

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