Rana Plaza disaster: Garment workers’ rights still at risk ten years on
It is ten years since the Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh killed at least 1,132 workers and injured…
Apsana Begum
As a domestic abuse survivor, I know support for migrants would save lives
The ‘no recourse to public funds’ condition imposed on those subject to immigration control means that migrant victims…
The police, crime, sentencing and courts bill would hit the marginalised hardest
The police, crime, sentencing and courts bill will be felt in marginalised communities more than any other. Those…
Day care centres were a lifeline for my family. We must keep them open
My father arrived in the UK in the 1960s as part of a wave of Bengali immigration into…
“The East End has always been a bedrock of diversity, resilience and resistance” – Apsana Begum’s maiden speech
Thank you madam deputy speaker, for calling me to make my maiden speech in this important debate. I…
