Parliament’s “Biggest Landlord” Labour MP Renting Out Ant-Infested Flats
Self-proclaimed “renters’ champion” Jas Athwal, the freshly minted Labour MP, has wasted no time in making his mark—not in Parliament, but in property. As Guido revealed a few months ago, Athwal holds a staggering portfolio of 15 rental flats, taking the crown as the biggest landlord in the Commons. Though it seems his housekeeping needs a bit of work…
It turns out Athwal has been renting out flats covered in deadly black mould seven flats, where almost half the residents are forced to scrub their bathroom ceilings regularly to fend off the fungus. His renters have been infested with ants, with the no-so-friendly friends crawling all over the rooms, with one disgruntled tenant lamenting to the BBC “They’re on my kid’s body and all over their clothes.” Another tenant claimed they were threatened with eviction by the letting agent if they dared to complain about the squalid conditions or tried to claim benefits. A socialist without a heart…
