On Thursday 29th November it emerged that a Labour MP was charged with housing fraud and is being investigated over how she obtained her own flat.
30-year-old Apsana Begum, MP for Poplar and Limehouse, has been hit with three counts of fraud including: her failure to disclose information in order to make gains for herself or another, or expose another to a loss with the offences dated between January 2013 and March 2016, Sky News reported.
She has however contested that these charges are "malicious and false" and will be vigorously fighting these allegations. According to a court official, the charges allege that she failed to tell the Labour-run Tower Hamlets Council that she was "no longer living in overcrowded conditions". Ms Begum is due to appear at Thames Magistrates' Court on 10 December.
The MP, of the Isle of Dogs in east London, voted in favour of Labour's motion to extend free school meals over holiday time until Easter 2021.
