The Latest Breaking News from Rushanara Ali

Andy Burnham urged to overhaul ‘timid and limited’ elections bill

Ex-minister who helped write draft calls for bolder action on voting reform, crypto donations and social media

The Guardian - UK · Jul 15

Ex-minister adds to UK calls for ban on political donations in cryptocurrency

Exclusive: Labour’s Rushanara Ali plans to intervene in elections bill amid warnings of foreign interference

The Guardian - UK · Mar 1

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 · Sep 5, 2025

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 · Aug 9, 2025

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

The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2025

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 · Aug 8, 2025

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 · Aug 8, 2025

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) · Aug 8, 2025

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 · Aug 8, 2025

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 · Aug 8, 2025