5 d. ago Labour homelessness minister resigns after being called for 'extreme hypocrisy' after she 'threw out FOUR tenants then raised rent on her London home by £700'

Labour MP Rushanara Ali has tonight resigned as homelessness minister after she allegedly threw out her own tenants and then raised rent on her London home by £700.

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5 d. ago UK homelessness minister resigns after tenant eviction claims

Rushanara Ali was accused of hypocrisy after claims she evicted tenants from east London property before putting up rent by almost £700 a monthThe homelessness minister, Rushanara Ali, has resigned after after reports emerged that she evicted tenants from her east London property before increasing the rent by almost £700 a month.In a letter to Keir Starmer, she said that remaining in the role would be “a distraction from the ambitious work of this government”. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago UK homelessness minister faces calls to quit over tenant eviction claims

Rushanara Ali accused of hypocrisy after claims she evicted tenants from east London property before putting up rent by almost £700 a monthThe homelessness minister, Rushanara Ali, is facing calls to resign after reports emerged she issued her tenants a notice to leave as her east London property was being sold – and the townhouse was re-let weeks later for almost £700 a month more.The minister’s office has said the tenants were informed they could remain in her four-bedroom townhouse beyond the end of their fixed-term tenancy while the house was on the market. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Who is Rushanara Ali? The homelessness minister facing calls to quit over London rent scandal

The Labour MP is said to have hiked the rent on the home near the Olympic Village by £700-a-month shortly after telling four tenants they had to move out

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5 d. ago Homelessness minister facing calls to resign after ‘hiking rent at London townhouse by £700’

Rushanara Ali has previously criticised ‘private renters being exploited and discriminated against’

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5 d. ago UK homelessness minister faces calls to resign over tenant eviction claims

Rushanara Ali accused of hypocrisy after claims she evicted tenants from east London property before putting up rent by almost £700 a monthUK politics live – latest updatesThe UK homelessness minister, Rushanara Ali, is facing calls to resign after claims she evicted tenants from her east London property before increasing the rent by almost £700 a month.Four tenants who rented a four-bedroom house owned byAli were given four months’ notice in an email last November and told their lease would not be renewed because the property was due to be sold, according to the i Paper. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Homelessness minister Rushanara Ali faces calls to resign over rent hike 'hypocrisy'

Homelessness minister Rushanara Ali faces calls to resign over rent hike 'hypocrisy'  BBC

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