Labour’s Rushanara Ali has resigned as homelessness minister.
In a letter to the prime minister, she mentioned remaining within the function can be “a distraction from the bold work of this authorities”.
It comes after the i Paper reported on Thursday she had evicted her tenants earlier than climbing up the hire on her east London property by £700.
“Additional to current reporting, I needed to make it clear that always I’ve adopted all related authorized necessities,” she wrote. “I consider I took my duties and duties severely, and the information display this.”
A spokesperson for Ms Ali beforehand mentioned the tenants “stayed for the whole lot of their mounted time period contract, and have been knowledgeable they might keep past the expiration of the mounted time period, whereas the property remained available on the market, however this was not taken up, they usually determined to go away the property”.
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