Rushanara Ali

Rushanara Ali MP has welcomed the High Court ruling which will enable existing students at London Metropolitan University with full immigration status to continue their studies at the university. Continue reading

Rushanara Ali MP, Shadow Minister for International Development, has spoken in a Westminster Hall debate to call for an end to the violence and discrimination against the Rohingya community in Burma. Continue reading

MP for Bethnal Green and Bow, Rushanara Ali, attended Stepney City Farms’ launch of The Barn and Rural Arts Centre - opening up gallery space for temporary exhibitions and educational opportunities for the wider community. Crossrail provided the Barn and Rural Arts Centre as compensation for the land from the Farm. Continue reading

Bethnal Green and Bow MP, Rushanara Ali today co-hosted a parliamentary reception to celebrate the work of London's Air Ambulance service where she met the doctors and paramedics from the service.  The reception followed a debate earlier this week on VAT on air ambulance fuel payments.   Continue reading

Speaking in a House of Commons debate on the House of Lords Reform Bill, Rushanara Ali MP said that reforming the House of Lords would make it more diverse, democratic and fit for the twenty-first century. Continue reading

Bethnal Green and Bow MP, Rushanara Ali, today joined Shadow Business Secretary, Chuka Umunna MP, Shadow Chancellor, Rt Hon Ed Balls MP, and Leader of the Labour Party, Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP, as he delivered his speech on banking reforms to an audience at the Co-operative Bank in her constituency.   Continue reading

Rushanara Ali MP attended a meeting organised by local residents to discuss the Ministry of Defence' s plans to base surface to air missiles on Lexington Building Water Tower in Bow Quarter during the Olympic Games.  Over 200 people attended the meeting in Bow.  Continue reading

This week, Rushanara Ali MP for Bethnal Green and Bow spoke in the House of Commons in a debate on the Finance Bill. Rushanara focused on the rising levels of youth unemployment in her constituency and the UK as well as the Government's failure to take action to address this.   She also spoke in support of a Labour amendment to introduce a tax on bankers' bonuses to fund a "Real Jobs Guarantee" to help young people who have been long-term unemployed into work. Continue reading

Following the Budget Statement from the Chancellor George Osborne MP today, Rushanara Ali MP said "this government's economic policies have failed - today was an opportunity for them to finally acknowledge this and deliver a budget that would really help those who need it most.  Instead the Chancellor has delivered tax breaks for the very richest and yet again hit hard-working families, young people and poor children the hardest.  Continue reading

Speaking in the House of Commons last night, Rushanara Ali MP called on the Government to listen to people and drop their damaging NHS Bill.  Continue reading