The UK government’s homelessness minister resigned over swirling claims that she evicted tenants from a property she owns before hiking the rent.

Britain’s Labour government faces a continuing irony crisis after losing another minister accused of doing what they’d been selected to fight. Bangladesh- born homelessness minister Rushanara Ali [top, left], the Member of Parliament for Bethnal Green and Stepney, stepped down from her role on Thursday, citing recent news stories that “will be a distraction from the ambitious work of the government”.

The resignation came, as The Daily Telegraph reported , amid claims that Ali had evicted four tenants from a home she owns in London last year at short notice. Shortly after they had moved out, the property was put back on the market at a mu

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