In a letter to the PM, Ms Ali said remaining in the role would be a ‘distraction’ from the work of the government
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In a letter to the PM, Ms Ali said remaining in the role would be a ‘distraction’ from the work of the government
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The homelessness minister Rushanara Ali has resigned hours after she was accused of raising the rent at her east London townhouse by £700 weeks after the previous tenants’ contract ended.
It comes after she increased rent on a house she owns within weeks of the previous tenants' contracts ending.
Rushanara Ali has previously criticised ‘private renters being exploited and discriminated against’
Labour MP Rushanara Ali has tonight resigned as homelessness minister after she allegedly threw out her own tenants and then…
Rushanara Ali was accused of ‘staggering hypocrisy’ after a report that she kicked out her tenants and raised the rent by…
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Rushanara Ali resigned as homelessness minister last night saying she did not want to be a 'distraction'.
UK homelessness minister quits over eviction, rent hike claims
