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Sex-for-rent ‘landlords’ should face full force of the law, says Labour MP

UNSCRUPULOUS landlords who demand sex from tenants in lieu of rent should face the full force of the law, Labour has said.

The call follows a “sting” operation by the Daily Mail, in which more than 20 men in Britain were contacted after they had posted suggestive adverts on listings website Craigslist.

Reporters posing as a 21-year-old female student were repeatedly offered accommodation in exchange for sexual acts.

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