Ms Rushanara Ali MP
MP, Bethnal Green and Stepney (Lab)
Rushanara Ali is the Labour member of Parliament for Bethnal Green and Stepney and was elected in 2010.
Formerly: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government; Shadow Minister for Investment and Small Business; Shadow Minister for International Development and Shadow Minister for Education and Young People; a member of the: Treasury Select Committee, Energy and Climate Change Select Committee, Communities and Local Government Select Committee; UK Prime Minister's Trade Envoy to Bangladesh; Governor and Vice Chair of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy.
Prior to her election in May 2010, she was Associate Director of the Young Foundation, where she co-founded UpRising, a national leadership development and employability charity which has helped thousands of young people develop their campaigning and leadership skills. Rushanara co-founded One Million Mentors, a national online platform to recruit, train and deploy one million mentors to organisations working with young people.
A Governor (2022) and formerly a Member of the Council of Management, The Ditchley Foundation.
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