Jas Athwal, the newly-elected MP for Ilford South, owns 15 rental flats, but some tenants have claimed they regularly have to clean their bathroom ceilings to remove mould.

In an investigation first reported by the BBC, one tenant in a block of seven flats in Seven Kings, Redbridge, said “there are ants everywhere” including on their child’s body and clothes.

Responding to the investigation, Mr Athwal said he was “shocked” to hear of the reported condition of his properties, adding that they were managed by an agency which did not communicate any problems back to him.

Formerly the leader of Redbridge Council, Mr Athwal is also required to have a selective property licence in order to rent out the block of seven flats - a system he introduced in 2017 when he was in charge of the council.

It comes after the BBC found the council’s public licence register indicated that none of the seven properties had a licence.

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    There are 85 UK MPs who own rental properties and not all of them are of Indian descent. Source

    Greed is not defined by race.

    Edit – I see the racists are out in full force today.

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      I know from real experience unlike a lot of REEEEEEE … sorry but not sorry that you like to jump to conclusions.