People will be chosen via three-stage process, with government expected to accept around 50 migrants a week when scheme starts
Rushanara Ali, the homelessness minister, is facing criticism for hiking rent on a property she owns by hundreds of pounds, reportedly just weeks after the previous tenants’ contract ended, PA Media reports. PA says:
Four tenants who rented a house in east London from Ali were sent an email last November saying their lease would not be renewed, which also gave them four months’ notice to leave, the i newspaper reported.
Ali’s property was then re-listed with a £700 rent increase within weeks, the newspaper said.
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