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HISTORICAL FACTS: Jas athwal - The Untold Story

Rogue east London landlord fined £90k for growing drugs and unsafe living conditions

Redbridge Council found that a five-bed house in Wanstead had been used to grow drugs and had been siphoning electricity from the National Grid

Evening Standard

Student loans scandal: London MPs lead revolt against 'loan shark' student fee repayments system

Almost six million graduates and students who took out Plan 2 loans between 2012 and 2023 have been saddled with ballooning debt

Evening Standard

Why have we let side-hustle private landlords seize control of our housing – and our politics?

Failed Thatcherite policy monetised complex housing needs. No wonder those who benefit are loth to change it, says Peter Apps, a contributing editor at Inside Housing

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Revealed: The landlord MPs raking in £830k a year in rent

The register of interests reveals that 83 MPs are also landlords, declaring at least £10,000 in rental income in the past year, while the Labour government pushes through its Renters’ Rights Bill

The Independent UK

Four Labour cabinet ministers earn rental income, analysis finds

Housing campaigners say government look like hypocrites, with Rachel Reeves among those renting out properties

The Guardian - UK

Labour loses by-election to independents in east London as grassroots anger at Government continues

Noor Jahan Begum won the council seat vacated by former Redbridge council leader Jas Athwal who was elected a Labour MP last year

Evening Standard

Labour MP Jas Athwal stands down as councillor in Redbridge

By-election to be held on March 27

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Labour MP Jas Athwal criticised as landlord of 'mould and ant-infested' homes stands down as councillor

Mr Athwal's resignation from Redbridge Council comes after he was elected MP for Ilford South at last year’s general election

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves becomes landlord after Downing Street move

CHANCELLOR Rachel Reeves has become a landlord after moving out of her London home to Downing Street.

The National (Scotland)

London Labour MP's nurseries breached child safety rules, Ofsted finds

MP for Ilford South Jas Athwal started Village Day Nurseries in 2007

Evening Standard

Housing minister Matthew Pennycook raps fellow London MP Jas Athwal for state of homes rented out

The rebuke came as the Government announced reforms to protect tenants

Evening Standard

'Athwal must resign': Renters Union demands investigation into Labour MP's alleged housing law violations

The London Renters Union has demanded an investigation into allegations that Jas Athwal discriminated against people receiving housing benefits

Evening Standard

The mouldy, ant-infested flats that prove why MPs should never be landlords

This conflict of interest was highlighted again by the Jas Athwal scandal and badly needs to be addressed, says Ben Smoke, a commissioning editor at Huck

The Guardian - UK

Starmer criticises Labour MP over tenants’ complaints of mould and ants

PM says ‘it’s unacceptable’ when asked about Jas Athwal allegations but adds MP is ‘taking action to put it right’

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Keir Starmer says London MP renting out damp homes with insect infestation 'unacceptable'

Ilford South MP Jas Athwal has apologised for poor state of some of his rental properties

The Guardian - UK

Stand at the Proms rather than Oasis

Brief letters: Oasis ticket prices | Jas Athwal | Travelling while older | Quadratic equations

The National (Scotland)

Labour MP's mouldy rental properties 'unacceptable', Keir Starmer says

THE state of properties owned by Labour MP Jas Athwal is “unacceptable”, Keir Starmer said ...

Evening Standard

Ilford Labour MP sacks managing agent over condition of flats after outcry

Jas Athwal, the biggest landlord in the Commons, is facing calls to resign over the shoddy conditions of his flats

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Cabinet minister defends Labour MP Jas Athwal who rents out ant infested flats

Cabinet minister Lucy Powell has defended a new Labour MP who rents out flats with black mould and ant infestations

The National (Scotland)

Labour MP allegedly renting out mould and 'ant infested' flats to multiple tenants

ONE of the biggest landlords in Westminster has allegedly been renting out flats with black mould and ant infestations to multiple tenants,…

The Independent UK

Labour MP renting flats with black mould and ant infestations, tenants say

Resident living in one of Jas Athwal’s rental flats describes ants crawling on their children’s body and clothes

The Guardian - UK

Labour MP accused of renting out ant-infested flats with black mould

Jas Athwal, the Ilford South MP, ‘shocked’ by allegations and ‘profoundly sorry’ for condition of his properties

Evening Standard

Brain drain fear at London town halls as almost 80 local councillors to stand at general election

Those likely to be elected to Parliament on July 4 include three Labour council leaders and a host of deputy leaders and cabinet members

Evening Standard

Bin strikes to hit east London in general election week

Rubbish collectors are set to strike in Redbridge, where Wes Streeting and council leader Jas Athwal are running for election

Evening Standard

General Election 2024 London seats: Who is my MP in...Ilford South?

Evening Standard analysis of key seats in London for the July 4 General Election

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