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Rogue landlords scheme 'a success'

A system intended to weed out rogue landlords has shown a major improvement over the last 18 months, it has been claimed.

More than 131,000 landlords, responsible for 80% of the privately-rented sector, have now applied for approval under a registration scheme, said the Scottish Government.

This compares with only 15% in April last year - a full year after the scheme came into being.

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