Homelessness minister Rushanara Ali is facing calls to resign over her handling of a rental property, following reports she raised the rent at her east London townhouse by £700 weeks after the previous tenants’ contract ended.
Shadow housing secretary Kevin Hollinrake accused the Labour minister of "staggering hypocrisy", saying: “Rushanara Ali has been somebody who's obviously a government minister in charge of homelessness. She's spoken out about exploiting tenants, about providing more protections to tenants.
