Labour's homelessness minister Rushanara Ali is said to have ejected tenants from one of her properties in Bow, East London, before putting it back on the market for an extra £700 a month in rent.

Landlord MP Rushanara Ali told tenants their lease would not be renewed and gave them four months' notice to get out of the £3,300-a-month property, a renter has claimed.

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

Rushanara Ali previously vowed to ‘challenge unreasonable increases’

Rushanara Ali accused of hypocrisy after claims she evicted tenants from east London property before putting up rent by almost £700 a month

In a letter to the PM, Ms Ali said remaining in the role would be a ‘distraction’ from the work of the government

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.

Rushanara Ali was accused of ‘staggering hypocrisy’ after a report that she kicked out her tenants and raised the rent by hundreds of pounds.

It comes after she increased rent on a house she owns within weeks of the previous tenants' contracts ending.

The resignation is a blow for the Labour government, which trails Nigel Farage’s right-wing Reform UK party in polls.

El aumento en el precio de la renta se hizo tras un cambio de inquilinos en la propiedad de Rushanara Ali, algo que el Gobierno está tratando de prohibir

Labour's homelessness minister Rushanara Ali is said to have ejected tenants from one of her properties in Bow, East London, before putting it back on the market for an extra £700…

Rushanara Ali resigned as homelessness minister last night saying she did not want to be a 'distraction'.