Rushanara Ali                                            

Prospective Parliamentary Candidate                 

Bethnal Green and Bow

Experience

My achievements are the achievements of the teachers and youth workers at Mulberry School and Tower Hamlets College. It was their belief in me that gave me my passport to opportunity – a place at Oxford University, and jobs in Parliament, the Institute for Public Policy Research, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Home Office, and now as an Associate Director of the Young Foundation in Bethnal Green.

I know how to make change happen – I have experience of doing this at a grass roots level. I helped set up Tower Hamlets Summer University, which has benefited thousands of young people and cut youth crime. I am a Governor of Tower Hamlets College, where I studied. I am a Commissioner for the London Child Poverty Commission, because it’s a scandal that so many children here in the East End and across London are living in poverty.

When I saw people in Tower Hamlets denied the help they needed because they couldn't speak English, I helped to develop “Languageline”, which has grown into a national telephone interpreting service in over 100 languages. It provides a lifeline for the most vulnerable in our communities. I have first hand experience of dealing with tough situations working to bring divided communities together in Burnley, Bradford and Oldham after the riots in 2001.

As your MP, I would:

• Fight for more jobs, training, investment for our schools and hospitals, affordable housing and support for local businesses
• Hold regular constituency surgeries, visit every school and every estate to hear directly from people about their concerns
• Use my experience to support and strengthen voluntary and community organisations in Tower Hamlets  
• Meet regularly with community and women’s groups, housing associations, business groups and faith-based organisations
• Work closely with the Labour Mayor, the Labour Government and our Labour Council to get the best deal for Bethnal Green and Bow.
• Use the talents and expertise of our school teachers, youth workers, parents and the wider community to keep improving educational standards.
• Campaign to help the people who suffer through lack of affordable housing.
• Campaign with health professionals and community workers to reduce the crippling health inequalities in Tower Hamlets – heart disease and diabetes are amongst our biggest killers. 

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News: Labour announces the selection of Rushanara Ali as their Parliamentary Candidate in Bethnal Green & Bow for the next General Election. (click here for more information)

News: Bethnal Green and Bow Labour Party unites around Rushanara Ali. (click here for more information)

Contact Details:

349 Cambridge Heath Road

London

E2 9RA

 Email: rushanara.ali@googlemail.com