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Labour's homelessness minister has resigned after reports that she 'evicted tenants' from her east London property before hiking the rent by £700 a month. Loading audio...

Rushanara Ali was found to have kicked out four tenants from her inner-city townhouse before going on to re-advertise the same four-bedroom property for around £700 more per calendar month.

The Labour MP for Bethnal Green and Stepney has previously been vocal about renters' rights and “private renters being exploited".

The MP faced criticism over her decision to evict the tenants from the townhouse, located less than a mile from London's Olympic Park, only to raise the rent upon re-listing the property.

She has now left her post, saying that remaining in the role would be "a distraction from the amb

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