Published 19:12 IST, December 16th 2019
UK: 23-year-old Labour MP elected last week has become an instant icon
Nadia Whittome, a 23-year-old Labour MP from Nottingham East has promised to donate more than half her salary to charity and the reason will surprise you.
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In United Kingdom, recent election results may have brought some really negative vibe into Labour camp, but a young MP from party is grabbing helines for all right reasons. Nia Whittome, a 23-year-old Labour MP from ttingham East has promised to donate more than half her salary to charity and reason behind this will win your hearts. youngest MP in UK Parliament decided to give away a huge chunk of her salary because she only wants to earn what a regular factory worker in Britain earns.
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Members of Parliament in United Kingdom earn almost £80,000 a year, but Nia has decided to donate about £45,000 to a charity until workers in her country get a pay hike y deserve. While talking to media, Nia said that she is t doing a philanthropy work and it's t that MPs in UK don't deserve that salary, but it's fact that firefighters, teachers and nurses do as well.
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Recently concluded UK election
Voters in United Kingdom handed Jeremy Corbyn-led Labour Party ir worst defeat since 1935. Controversial conservative leer Boris Johnson won by a huge majority of 365 seats, which is a rise of 48 seats party won in last election. In 2017, when Conservative party formed a mirity government under leership of n, Prime Minister resa May, y failed to deliver Brexit. When resa May resigned from her post in 2019, Boris Johnson took over as Prime Minister, but he couldn't get parliament to approve a revised withdrawal bill. Johnson n called for a snap election and won by a sweeping majority.
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United Kingdom is scheduled to leave European Union by January 31, 2020, and Johnson will have a year more to finalise a tre agreement with EU, United States, India and China. United Kingdom joined European Union in 1973, at time it was kwn as European Ecomic Committee (EEC). In 1975, a referendum was held in UK to decide on wher to leave EU or stay. UK voted in favour of staying with EU and back n it was left-wing Labour party who were in favour of leaving EU. By early 1990s, Conservative party grew more Eurosceptic in nature and left moved towards being more Europeanist.
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18:30 IST, December 16th 2019