A group of 75 landlord MPs are set to make at least £4 million from their tenants during the lifetime of this Parliament, according to analysis by The i Paper .
Housing campaigners expressed outrage that politicians were making millions of pounds from renters , with some calling for an overhaul in the rules around MPs’ incomes.
Fresh anger and scrutiny comes after The i Paper revealed that Labour MP Rushanara Ali had hiked the rent at her east London townhouse by £700 following the removal of four tenants.
Ali resigned her role as homelessness minister in the wake of this newspaper’s story and accusations of “staggering hypocrisy” from both housing groups and opposition parties. In her resignation letter, Ali insisted she had “at all times” followed “all relevant legal requir