There is a new great storm blowing up and you will hear lots of it in time. When by law rents were permitted to be raised 40 per cent. it was implied in the wording, but not expressly stated, that before taking this step the landlords were bound to give formal notice to their tenants. It was purely a matter of form, but now, on an appeal to the highest court, it has been decided that where such notice was not given all increases are invalid and all advances must be refunded. Scores of thousands of tenants, notably in Scotland, where the point was first raised, have utilized this decision to stop paying any rent at all until the sums paid in increases are wiped out. Landlords will be ruined wholesale and the Labour Party have officially identiied themselves with this no-rent strike in al} cases where the owners either overlooked the giving of notice to quit or did not trouble
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