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| Awards for Excellence Sadiq Khan MP
Sadiq Khan is the Labour MP for Tooting, and the first and only Muslim MP in London. He was instrumental in creating new Islamic finance options in the Treasury and was a member of the Finance Bill Standing Committee in 2006. He has raised concern about counter-terrorism measures and authored an open letter to Tony Blair in the summer of 2006, which was published in The Times newspaper, expressing concern about the Government’s foreign policy, specifically in relation to Lebanon. He has helped improve electoral registration amongst minority communities and has mentored many aspiring Muslim MPs. He is working with The Muslim News to create the first ever monthly dialogue sessions between British Muslims and their political leaders.
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