In the 2015 General Election, Rushanara Ali was re-elected as Labour MP for Bethnal Green and Bow. 

Rushanara Ali welcomed the launch of Labour’s 2015 General Election manifesto, describing the Labour vision as “credible and aspirational” for both the country and the residents of Bethnal Green and Bow.

Rushanara Ali MP campaigned for Labour to renew its commitment to the future of Bengali teaching in schools, in response to Government plans to cut Bengali language qualifications from the school curriculum alongside other foreign languages including Guajarati, Punjabi, Turkish and Polish.

Metropolitan Police are investigating reports of three teenage girls – two aged 15 and one aged 16 – missing from home and believed to be travelling to Syria. The three girls are feared to have left the country via Gatwick Airport on Tuesday 17 February on a flight to Istanbul. Two of the girls were reported missing that day and the third girl the following morning. 

Rushanara Ali MP and Jim Fitzpatrick MP have this week launched a campaign to secure a fair deal for leaseholders in Tower Hamlets.

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.

Rushanara Ali MP and Jim Fitzpatrick MP today welcomed the Government’s announcement of almost £25 million of funding for housing in Tower Hamlets. 

PwC report on the Best Value Inspection of Tower Hamlets Council was released this month. 

Bethnal Green and Bow MP, Rushanara Ali, was joined by British Ambassador, Neil Wigan, amongst many other distinguished guests in welcoming in this year’s Somali Week festivities.

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