Nadia Whittome
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Age | 27 |
| Born | Nottingham |
| United Kingdom | |
| Nationality | British |
| Party | Labour Party |
| Office | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Job | Politician |
| Education | University of Nottingham |
| The West Bridgford School | |
| Bilborough Sixth Form College | |
| Official site | members.parliament.uk |
| Date of birth | August 29,1996 |
| Zodiac sign | Virgo |
| Position | Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom since 2019 | |
| Major | 17,393 |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 2556917 |
Nadia Whittome Life story
Nadia Edith Whittome is the Member of Parliament for Nottingham East first so elected in the 2019 United Kingdom general election. A member of the Labour Party, she was elected at the age of 23, and became the youngest MP. She is a member of the Socialist Campaign Group and describes herself as a democratic socialist.
Food poverty: Therese Coffey under fire over work longer hours comment
... " Another Labour MP, Nadia Whittome, said the comments showed that the government was " utterly out of touch with working class people"...
Angela Rayner: I'm relaxed about the rich. if they pay tax
... She said " it wasn t the time and place" for a tweet shared by Labour MP Nadia Whittome, saying Mr Sunak becoming prime minister " isn t a win for Asian representation"...
Labour tells MP Nadia Whittome to delete Rishi Sunak tweet
...By Dan Martin and Hugh CasswellBBC NewsLabour has ordered MP Nadia Whittome to delete a tweet saying Rishi Sunak becoming prime minister " isn t a win for Asian representation"...
Labour left vow fight-back after Starmer speech
... The row has enraged Mr Corbyn s supporters on Labour s left, including Nadia Whittome...
Starmer accused of acting like monarch in vote row
... The MP for Nottingham East, Nadia Whittome, said the campaign for PR " has united all tendencies of the Labour Party, different parts of the left, the right and the centre"...
Children 'unprepared' for life on heating planet
... Labour MP Nadia Whittome worked with campaigner Scarlett on the private member s bill to change the Education Act to " reflect the climate emergency"...
Why are water bills rising more in some areas?
... " Will the government intervene? Nadia Whittome, the Labour MP for Nottingham East, has called for private companies to be brought back into public ownership...
Labour tells MP Nadia Whittome to delete Rishi Sunak tweet
By Dan Martin and Hugh CasswellBBC News
Labour has ordered MP Nadia Whittome to delete a tweet saying Rishi Sunak becoming Prime Minister " isn't a win for Asian representation".
The Nottingham East MP posted after Mr Sunak was This Week confirmed by Conservative MPs as the UK's first British Asian Prime Minister .
Her tweet triggered heavy criticism and was later deleted.
A spokesman for Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has now confirmed she was instructed to remove it.
She had tweeted to say Mr Sunak was a multimillionaire who had, as chancellor, cut taxes on banks while living standards dropped in the UK and added: " Black, white or Asian: if you work for a living, he is not on your side".
Sir Keir's spokesman stressed that Rishi Sunak becoming The First British Asian Prime Minister was a " great thing" and something the country " should be proud of".
Ms Whittome told The Bbc she would not apologise for the tweet and in a statement her office said: " Like Rishi Sunak , Ms Whittome is second-generation British Indian.
" Ms Whittome was pointing to Rishi Sunak 's record as chancellor to demonstrate that effective political representation of British Asian communities - and the interests of all Working People - is about far More Than the ethnicity of the Prime Minister .
" Following a discussion with the Labour whips, it was agreed that Ms Whittome would delete the tweet. "
Source of news: bbc.com
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