NEW: One in ten MPs are landlords including four senior Labour figures

Landlords should not be homelessness ministers

Elsie Furie looks at the resignation of Labour MP Rushanara Ali, and argues that having landlords in the role of homelessness minister is always a mistake. Image by Helen Taylor CC BY-NC 2.0 Last week, Labour MP Rushanara Ali resigned as homelessness minister after it was revealed that she had recently evicted her tenants, supposedly to sell the property they lived in, then put the property back on the rental market shortly afterwards with a £70…

NEW: One in ten MPs are landlords including four senior Labour figures

New analysis is released as Government faces fresh hypocrisy claims following resignation of homelessness minister Rushanara Ali.