Homelessness minister Rushanara Ali has resigned from government over allegations she hiked the rent on her property before putting it back on the market after her tenants left.

Ali, who has been homelessness minister since Labour came into power in July 2024, rented out the four-bedroom townhouse near London’s Olympic Park for £3,300 a month in March last year, according to reports in the i .

The tenants were told in November that the lease on their fixed-term tenancy was not being renewed and were given four months’ notice to leave.

It is understood that the property was listed for sale while the tenants were still living there and they were offered a rolling contract to remain beyond the fixed term but they decided to leave.

But just weeks after they left, one tenant saw the prop

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