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Friday, October 30, 2020

Labour MP Apsana Begum fights ‘malicious’ allegations of housing fraud

LABOUR MP Apsana Begum has vowed that charges of housing fraud brought against her will be “vigorously contested.”

The MP for Poplar and Limehouse is accused of three offences in relation to how she was allocated her council house on the Isle of Dogs in east London. 

The charges, which the 30-year-old described as “malicious and false,” concern the period between January 18 2013 and March 31 2016. 

She allegedly failed to inform Tower Hamlets council that she was no longer living in crowded conditions. 

The charges come after the Sun newspaper reported the allegations in a story that was described by Labour at the time as a “disgrace.” 

Her lawyers said on Wednesday: “Ms Begum vigorously contests these malicious and false allegations.”

Ms Begum, a member of the left-wing Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs, was elected to the east London seat in 2019 with a 28,904 majority.

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