Several MPs tell Sky News that the perceived risks now associated with the job are putting landlords off choosing them as tenants.
Newly elected MPs are struggling to set up offices in their constituencies due to fears for their safety and spiralling rents, Sky News has learnt. Several MPs who spoke to Sky News said they believed landlords were becoming increasingly reluctant to have them as tenants due to the perceived risks that came with the job - which one likened to the debanking row that engulfed Nigel Farage last year.
'It's almost similar to the de-banking scandal,' they added, referring to how some banks have refused to open bank accounts for some holders that could be deemed to pose a risk to the bank's reputation. 'Because of these security concerns, we've got a new generation of MPs who are far less visible at a time when there's already not a lot of trust in politics and politicians, and we don't know yet what the consequences will be,' the MP added.
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