The homelessness minister is facing calls to resign after reportedly hiking the rent on a property she owns in London by £700 a month, weeks after the previous tenants' contract ended.

The i Paper claims that Rushanara Ali told her tenants that she would not be renewing their lease and gave them four months to leave the property she owned in east London.

Ali's property was then allegedly re-listed just weeks later, with a £700 increase on the rent, a rise of more than 20%.

Kevin Hollinrake, the Conservative Party chairman, accused the minister of exploiting tenants and called for her to step down.

"I think it shows staggering hypocrisy. Rushanara Ali has been somebody who's obviously a Government minister in charge of homelessness.

"She's spoken out about exploiting tenants, about pro

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