Labour's homelessness minister resigns after rent hike claims

Labour's Rushanara Ali has resigned arsenic homelessness minister.

In a missive to the premier minister, she said remaining successful the relation would beryllium "a distraction from the ambitious enactment of this government".

It comes aft the one Paper reported connected Thursday she had evicted her tenants earlier hiking up the rent connected her eastbound London spot by £700.

"Further to caller reporting, I wanted to marque it wide that astatine each times I person followed each applicable ineligible requirements," she wrote. "I judge I took my responsibilities and duties seriously, and the facts show this."

A spokesperson for Ms Ali antecedently said the tenants "stayed for the entirety of their fixed word contract, and were informed they could enactment beyond the expiration of the fixed term, portion the spot remained connected the market, but this was not taken up, and they decided to permission the property".

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