Labour MP ‘tried to jump the social housing queue’

A Labour MP accused of fraud acted dishonestly to make personal gain and ‘jump the queue’ on the social housing register, a court heard today (Weds). Apsana Begum, 31, claimed she was living in ‘overcrowded conditions’ with her family when she was in a four-bedroomed house with three other people, jurors have been told. She also did not tell police when she moved in with her partner, local councillor Ehtashamul Haque, and later blamed him for making an application to…