UK homelessness minister resigns after tenant eviction claims

Rushanara Ali was accused of hypocrisy after claims she removed tenants before rent rise of almost 700 a month

Rushanara Ali has resigned as homelessness minister after it emerged she evicted four tenants from a property she owns then re-let it weeks later for 700 more a month.

The tenants were told in November last year their fixed-term contract would not be renewed because Ali's east London home was being placed on the market for sale.