Housing minister refuses to apologise as Bolton MP slams ‘rent crisis’ in the town

Bolton South East MP Yasmin Qureshi has blamed Liz Truss’s mini-budget after Bolton experienced the highest rent increase in the UK.

In Parliament this week, Ms Qureshi asked housing minister Jacob Young what steps he is taking to increase the provision of social rented housing.

Mr Young responded that the Government’s Affordable Homes Programme would deliver ‘thousands of affordable homes for both rent and purchase right…