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Fixing citations so that direct quotes link to the correct article, &c. Added the fact that the subject lives in a one-bed flat as only single residents can usually be housed in these making repeated references to the subject's lack of children relevant. Have also noticed that sources refer to a shorter waiting list than the one originally posted here so have fixed that as well.
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==Council flat allocation allegations==
==Council flat allocation allegations==
Begum "faces an investigation over whether she wrongly secured a council flat".<ref name="Eastern Eye">{{cite news |title=Questions raised over Labour candidate’s £330K council flat |url=https://www.easterneye.biz/questions-raised-over-labour-candidates-330k-council-flat/ |accessdate=17 December 2019 |work=[[Eastern Eye]] |date=21 November 2019}}</ref> Begum, who is childless, had left her husband's residence, and was allocated a £330,000 riverside flat soon afterwards, allegedly jumping a queue of 19,000 people on the waiting list in her local area.<ref name="Eastern Eye"/><ref name="Evening Standard">{{cite news |last1=Sleigh |first1=Sophia |title=Jeremy Corbyn ally urged to quit safe seat race in ‘anti-Semitic’ tweet row |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/jeremy-corbyn-ally-urged-to-quit-safe-seat-race-in-antisemitic-tweet-row-a4294026.html |accessdate=15 December 2019 |work=Evening Standard |date=22 November 2019}}</ref><ref name="East London Advertiser">{{cite news |last1=Brooke |first1=Mike |title='I needed housing' Labour's Apsana Begum tells Poplar & Limehouse election hustings after 'queue jump' claim |url=https://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/seasonal/election/poplar-limehouse-election-hustings-1-6410569 |accessdate=15 December 2019 |work=East London Advertiser |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> A senior executive at Tower Hamlets has received two official complaints concerning Begum's housing allocation.<ref name="Eastern Eye"/> A Labour Party source has said, "It’s a disgrace these malicious attacks are being published, and she is being forced to relive these traumatic experiences."<ref name="Eastern Eye"/> A council spokeman has said that it takes allegations of housing fraud very seriously.<ref name="Eastern Eye"/>
Begum "faces an investigation over whether she wrongly secured a council flat".<ref name="Evening Standard">{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/jeremy-corbyn-ally-urged-to-quit-safe-seat-race-in-antisemitic-tweet-row-a4294026.html|title=Jeremy Corbyn ally urged to quit safe seat race in ‘anti-Semitic’ tweet row|last1=Sleigh|first1=Sophia|date=22 November 2019|work=Evening Standard|accessdate=15 December 2019}}</ref> Begum, who is childless, had left her husband's residence and was allocated a one-bed flat worth £330,000 soon afterwards, allegedly jumping a queue of 18,000 people on the waiting list in her local area.<ref name="Eastern Eye">{{cite news|url=https://www.easterneye.biz/questions-raised-over-labour-candidates-330k-council-flat/|title=Questions raised over Labour candidate’s £330K council flat|date=21 November 2019|work=[[Eastern Eye]]|accessdate=17 December 2019}}</ref><ref name="East London Advertiser">{{cite news |last1=Brooke |first1=Mike |title='I needed housing' Labour's Apsana Begum tells Poplar & Limehouse election hustings after 'queue jump' claim |url=https://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/seasonal/election/poplar-limehouse-election-hustings-1-6410569 |accessdate=15 December 2019 |work=East London Advertiser |date=5 December 2019}}</ref> A senior executive at Tower Hamlets has received two official complaints concerning Begum's housing allocation.<ref name="Eastern Eye"/> A Labour Party source has said, "It’s a disgrace these malicious attacks are being published, and she is being forced to relive these traumatic experiences."<ref name="Eastern Eye"/> A council spokeman has said that it takes allegations of housing fraud very seriously.<ref name="Eastern Eye"/>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==

Revision as of 15:19, 17 December 2019

Apsana Begum
Member of Parliament
for Poplar and Limehouse
Assumed office
12 December 2019
Preceded byJim Fitzpatrick
Majority28,904 (47.2%)
Personal details
BornShadwell, London, United Kingdom
Political partyLabour
Parent
  • Manir Uddin Ahmed (father)
ProfessionPolitician

Apsana Begum (Bengali: আফসানা বেগম[1]; born May 1990[2]) is a British Labour Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Poplar and Limehouse since 2019, succeeding Jim Fitzpatrick as the Labour MP for the seat.

Early life

Begum was born in Shadwell, London[3] to Bengali Muslim parents originally from the village of Ludorpur in Jagannathpur, Sylhet Division. Her father, Manir Uddin Ahmed (who died in 2012), was also a Labour Party politician, the Tower Hamlets Community Housing Board Director (2002-2006) and the 2004 Mayor of Tower Hamlets.[1] Begum completed her education at the Queen Mary University of London.[4]

Career

She worked as an admin officer for Tower Hamlets Council whilst the discredited former Mayor of Tower Hamlets, Lutfur Rahman, held office.[5]

Begum was selected to contest the safe Labour seat of Poplar and Limehouse at the 2019 general elections. She was endorsed by the left-wing group Momentum[6] and nominated from an all-women shortlist.[7]

Council flat allocation allegations

Begum "faces an investigation over whether she wrongly secured a council flat".[8] Begum, who is childless, had left her husband's residence and was allocated a one-bed flat worth £330,000 soon afterwards, allegedly jumping a queue of 18,000 people on the waiting list in her local area.[9][10] A senior executive at Tower Hamlets has received two official complaints concerning Begum's housing allocation.[9] A Labour Party source has said, "It’s a disgrace these malicious attacks are being published, and she is being forced to relive these traumatic experiences."[9] A council spokeman has said that it takes allegations of housing fraud very seriously.[9]

Personal life

In 2014, Begum moved into her husband's residence, and they split up a year later.[9][10] Her ex-husband is a councillor for Tower Hamlets.[11] She does not have any children.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "বাবার পথ ধরে রাজনীতিতে জগন্নাথপুরের আফসানা". Jagannathpur, Sunamganj: Prothom Alo. 13 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Apsana BEGUM - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
  3. ^ "#ELLGE19 Election Preview: Poplar and Limehouse - 'I'm voting Labour – never Tory in Tower Hamlets'". Eastlondonlines. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Queen Mary University of London". www.qmul.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  5. ^ "#ELLGE19: Labour candidate brands Tory attacks 'racist and sexist'". Eastlondonlines. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  6. ^ Momentum, Tower Hamlets (17 September 2019). "Based on her campaigning work, and commitment to a genuinely socialist government, Tower Hamlets Momentum strongly supports Apsana Begum as the candidate for the Poplar & Limehouse constituency. #Apsana4PLpic.twitter.com/K1f0yHIBdh". @THMomentum. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  7. ^ Brooke, Mike. "Police called in amid chaos as Labour selects Lutfur Rahman's election candidate for Poplar & Limehouse". East London Advertiser. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  8. ^ Sleigh, Sophia (22 November 2019). "Jeremy Corbyn ally urged to quit safe seat race in 'anti-Semitic' tweet row". Evening Standard. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  9. ^ a b c d e f "Questions raised over Labour candidate's £330K council flat". Eastern Eye. 21 November 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  10. ^ a b Brooke, Mike (5 December 2019). "'I needed housing' Labour's Apsana Begum tells Poplar & Limehouse election hustings after 'queue jump' claim". East London Advertiser. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  11. ^ Golds, Peter (1 November 2019). "Peter Golds: Once again, Tower Hamlets is in the news for chaos and corruption". ConservativeHome. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
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2019–present 		Incumbent
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