The homelessness minister has been accused of being a ‘hypocrite’ after raising the rent at her property by £700.

Rushanara Ali allegedly got rid of four tenants in her townhouse in Bow, east London before relisting the property soon after for more money, the i Paper reports.

This comes after the 50-year-old Labour minister spoke out against ‘private renters being exploited,’ saying that the government will ’empower people to challenge unreasonable rent increases.’

Four tenants, who had paid £3,300 a month to live at the townhouse in Bow, had their fixed-term tenancy come to an end in March last year.

In November, the renters got an email giving them four months’ notice as the tenancy would not be renewed. Shortly after they moved out, one of the tenants, Laura Jackson, saw the house a

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