Rushanara Ali MP this week voted in support of Labour proposals to prevent UK shale gas extraction until a variety of important environmental loopholes are closed.

Rushanara Ali MP cross-examined banking chiefs on claims that disproportionate numbers of customers, money transfer businesses, Muslim charities and other organisations were being denied access to basic banking facilities.

Rushanara Ali MP welcomed the announcement of the phasing out of cash machines which charge people £5 to access their own cash, but warned that there was much more work ahead to secure a fair deal for people across the UK.

New national regulators should examine unfair charging of cash machines in areas such as Bethnal Green and Bow, argued Rushanara Ali MP in her first week on the Treasury Select Committee. She raised the scandal of people having to pay up to £2.00 each time they take out money from their own bank accounts when using certain ATN cash withdrawals machines.

Rushanara Ali MP urged the Government to take urgent action in redoubling its efforts to reduce youth unemployment and the numbers of young people in neither education nor training (NEET).

In advance of last week’s Autumn Statement, Rushanara Ali MP challenged the Prime Minister to explain why wages for workers in the UK have remained stubbornly low and stagnant on this Government’s watch.

Rushanara Ali MP today strongly criticised the Government’s record on child poverty, following the publication of latest statistics which found highest levels of child poverty in Bethnal Green and Bow.

On Monday, MPs took the historic step of voting to recognise the state of Palestine.

Rushanara Ali urged the Government in a debate in Parliament to intensify its efforts to find a lasting solution to the challenges faced by those giving remittance to families and friends overseas.

Rushanara Ali MP urged the Prime Minister to show courage and international leadership in bringing the escalating violence in Gaza to an end.