Zarah Sultana

An MP has pledged to give a planned pay rise to good causes saying the £2,200 increase was "wrong". The basic salary of MPs will rise by 2.7% on 1 April to £84,144 a year - in the same week millions of workers will see their wages hit by a National Insurance increase.

A Labour MP has embroiled herself in a row after she called senior members of the Tory party “dodgy” then refused to withdraw it. Speaking in the commons, Zarah Sultana accused transport secretary Grant Shapps and fellow cabinet minister Jacob Rees-Mogg of being “dodgy” before refusing three times to take her words back.

A Labour MP refused three times to withdraw the word “dodgy” as she claimed she did not think “another word suffices the level of corruption and what we have seen from the Government”.During business questions in the Commons, the MP for Coventry South, Zarah Sultana, accused Transport Secretary Grant Shapps and Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg of being “dodgy”.Ms Sultana said: “It has been reported that the Transport Secretary used public money to create a departmental team that lobbied against plans to build on airfield sites, including a giga-factory at Coventry Airport.“Disgracefully, that would mean he used public funds to lobby...

An MP has told of racist emails she has been sent including one telling her to "go back to your country". Zarah Sultana, Coventry South MP, tweeted part of the email plus another saying "we see you as invaders." The Labour MP received support from MPs across the country with...

UK post-rocker quintet Maybeshewill have released a brand new video for Zarah, which has been inspired by the Labour politician Zarah Sultana, MP for Coventry, and her had-hitting maiden speech in the House Of Commons from 2020 on climate crisis. Zarah is taken from the band's upcoming album album No...

An MP says she has been "subjected to a barrage of hate" since being elected two years ago. Zarah Sultana, Labour MP for Coventry South, recounted her experiences during a debate on Islamophobia. In an emotional speech, she said she had been called a "terrorist sympathiser", and described being treated...

Labour MP Zarah Sultana has received praise after delivering a moving speech about Islamophobia in Britain including abuse she herself faces. The representative for Coventry South became emotional as she read out examples of abusive letters she has received and spoke about her experience of being a Muslim woman in the public eye.