Labour MP Apsana Begum cleared of housing fraud
by Peter Walker Political correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#5MS8B)
Poplar and Limehouse MP acquitted over claims she withheld information to get social housing
The Labour MP Apsana Begum has been cleared by a jury over claims of housing fraud, in a prosecution brought by Tower Hamlets council, which claimed she had withheld information about her circumstances to obtain social housing.
The Poplar and Limehouse MP, who was first elected in 2019 with a 28,904 majority, was acquitted on three counts of housing fraud between 2013 and 2016 at Snaresbrook crown court in east London following a week-long trial.
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