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Labour resignations: Which ministers have stepped down since Keir Starmer became PM?

Angela Rayner became one of seven ministers sacked or forced to resign under Keir Starmer’s government

Evening Standard

Rise in no-fault evictions despite Labour’s pledge to ban them

Labour said in its election manifesto it would abolish Section 21 eviction notices ‘immediately’ upon election - but the legislation is still progressing through parliament

The Independent UK

No-fault evictions by bailiffs up 8% in Labour’s first year in Government

Labour has promised to end no-fault evictions under its Renters’ Rights Bill, which is in the final stages of going through Parliament.

Evening Standard

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Why have we let side-hustle private landlords seize control of our housing – and our politics?

Failed Thatcherite policy monetised complex housing needs. No wonder those who benefit are loth to change it, says Peter Apps, a contributing editor at Inside Housing

The Guardian - UK

Voices: Britain isn’t broken, but people believe it is, and that is a big problem for Keir Starmer

We are safer, richer and healthier than ever before, so why does Britain feel as if it is falling apart?

The Independent UK

Voices: Why Starmer will be back for another stab at welfare cuts

INSIDE WESTMINSTER: Despite the humiliating U-turn on cuts to disability benefits, the prime minister has not given up on reducing ballooning social security spending. Ministers believe they have now found a way to proceed – and how to quash any rebellion, says Andrew Grice

The Independent UK

Revealed: The landlord MPs raking in £830k a year in rent

The register of interests reveals that 83 MPs are also landlords, declaring at least £10,000 in rental income in the past year, while the Labour government pushes through its Renters’ Rights Bill

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Rushanara Ali’s eviction is Labour’s latest self-inflicted shambles

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The resignation of the homelessness minister after she made her tenants leave a four-bedroom property, before relisting it at a higher rent – a notorious sharp practice her government is seeking to make illegal – only weakens this administration’s claim to be the champion of those…

The Independent UK

Four Labour cabinet ministers earn rental income, analysis finds

Housing campaigners say government look like hypocrites, with Rachel Reeves among those renting out properties

The Guardian - UK

Labour's eviction scandal beggars belief

IT is hard to find adequate words to express just how outrageous the scandal about Labour’s now former homelessness minister Rushanara Ali is. But…

The National (Scotland)

UK homelessness minister Rushanara Ali resigns in eviction and rent price hike row

Homeless charities and opposition politicians called for Rushanara Ali's resignation over how she handled rent increases on her London property.

Euronews

The seven Labour MPs who have left Starmer’s government since election

Six prominent figures have resigned while another was sacked over a scandal involving racist and sexist comments

The Guardian - UK

Voices: The Rushanara Ali scandal exposes Starmer’s double standards on sleaze

COMMENT: The prime minister was elected on a pledge to end the abuse of power by Boris Johnson and the Tories – but his feeble response to the hypocrisy of his homelessness minister suggests he has failed to do so, says Simon Walters

The Independent UK

List of Government departures since Labour won general election

Rushanara Ali is the 10th person to leave the Government.

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The Independent UK

Angela Rayner becomes the eleventh Government departure for Labour. Here’s who else has gone

Angela Rayner is the 11th departure

Evening Standard

Rushanara Ali broke no laws or rules in tenancy row, minister says

Rushanara Ali resigned from Government following reports she raised rent on a property just weeks after the previous tenants left.

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UK homelessness minister resigns over claim she evicted tenants, hiked rent

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

The Independent UK

Homeless minister resigns after property rent row

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Rushanara Ali resigns as homelessness minister after accusations of ‘staggering hypocrisy’ in eviction row

This is a ‘classic case of 'do as I say, not as I do’, Tories say after claims Rushanara Ali removed tenants before rent rise of almost £700 a month

The National (Scotland)

Homelessness minister quits after reports of £4000 rent hike for tenants

Homelessness minister Rushanara Ali has resigned from the Government following reports she hiked rent on a property she owns by hundreds of pounds…

Evening Standard

Homelessness minister quits over rent hike claims

Rushanara Ali has resigned from the Government.

International Business Times UK

How Many Properties Does Rushanara Ali Have? Homelessness Minister Accused of Hiking Rent by £700 After Evicting Tenants

Labour homelessness minister Rushanara Ali faces calls to resign after evicting four tenants from her London townhouse and re-listing it £700 per month higher, sparking accusations of hypocrisy over her public stance on tenant rights.

Evening Standard

Who is Rushanara Ali? The homelessness minister forced 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

The Guardian - UK

UK homelessness minister resigns after tenant eviction claims

Rushanara Ali was accused of hypocrisy after claims she removed tenants before rent rise of almost £700 a month

The Independent UK

Homelessness minister must resign over rent hike after tenants’ exit, Tories say

Kevin Hollinrake, the Conservative party chairman, accused Rushanara Ali of ‘staggering hypocrisy’ over her handling of her rental property.

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