Campaigns

Road safety

Munira has been leading a long-running campaign in her ward to improve safety on one of the main roads that cuts through it.  A pedestrian crossing is to be installed soon, and following a Transport for London traffic survey, residents will shortly be consulted on further safety measures.

Child poverty

In her professional work, Munira is involved in a big national campaign on child poverty.  It is a scandal that 29% of children in Feltham and Heston live in poverty. Since the Government missed its interim target for reducing child poverty last year, it is looking increasingly unlikely that it will meet its ultimate target of eradicating child poverty in the UK by 2020.  Munira is helping to gather cross-party support for greater resources to be committed to combating child poverty – it is a scandal that one in four children in our country live in poverty.

Crime

As a ward councillor, Munira helped set up a local police liaison group, identifying and persuading a cross section of local residents to get involved.

Whilst working for Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary Nick Clegg MP, Munira compiled a dossier of best practice on crime and anti-social behaviour from Lib Dem councils across the country, including damning statistics of Labour’s shameful record on crime.  The dossier was used for campaigning in the local elections, with the media and was quoted in Nick Clegg’s platform speech at Federal Conference.