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Just days ago Peckham MP Miatta Fahnbulleh was enthusiastically applauding Sir Keir Starmer<\/a> as he rallied Labour<\/a> activists in London.<\/p>\n In a post on X, the Minister for Devolution, Faith, and Communities said: \u201cOur country faces enormous challenges and people are crying out for the scale of change that this requires.<\/p>\n “The public does not believe that you can lead this change \u2013 and nor do I.<\/p>\n Ms Fahnbulleh with Sir Keir in Southwark on May 5<\/p>\n Getty Images<\/p>\n \u201cI urge the Prime Minister to do the right thing for the country and the Party and set a timetable for an orderly transition.\u201d<\/p>\n The party suffered huge losses in England, Scotland and Wales – losing more than 1,400 council seats. In the capital, Labour defended a higher percentage of seats, but still lost 459 seats and the control of 11 councils. <\/p>\n Among those councils was Southwark – the borough council for Ms Fahbulleh\u2019s Peckham constituency, where Labour lost 22 seats to Zack Polanski\u2019s Green Party, meaning no party has overall control. <\/p>\n Ms Fahnbulleh has only been the Minister for Devolution, Faith, and Communities since 2024, and her resignation could prompt similar moves from Labour colleagues. <\/p>\n Her links to Ed Miliband<\/a>, a potential successor to Labour\u2019s leadership<\/a>, also makes the resignation significant. <\/p>\n So who is Miatta Fahnbulleh? <\/p>\n A long career in public policy<\/p>\n Ms Fahnbulleh stepped into Harriet Harman\u2019s shoes as Labour\u2019s candidate for Peckham MP in 2024, looking to continue the party\u2019s 27-year reign in the constituency. <\/p>\n The 45-year old was one of 411 Labour MPs who entered the Commons as part of Labour\u2019s landslide victory in the general election and secured 58.8 per cent of the vote share to win the seat.<\/p>\n A week into her new role as MP, Ms Fahnbulleh was asked to become a junior minister in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. <\/p>\n It was this role which has made Ms Fahnbulleh a close ally to former Labour leader Ed Miliband, who is now the Peckham MP\u2019s boss and has been mooted as a replacement to Starmer should he resign. <\/p>\n Before becoming MP, Ms Fahnbulleh had already worked as an economics adviser to Mr Miliband when he was leader of the Labour Party and to former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, according to Politics Home. <\/p>\n In a previous interview with the BBC, Ms Fahnbulleh called her boss Mr Milliband, \u201ca genuinely good guy, and he treats his team with such care and decent, and he\u2019s hilarious. He does it with so much energy and love for the job. And it\u2019s infectious.\u201d <\/p>\n Ms Fahnbulleh had a long career in public policy prior to her election as MP for Peckham in 2024, including her stint at the Cabinet Office and six years as the chief executive of the New Economics Foundation, a left-wing think tank.<\/p>\n Her policy in Peckham has been centred around housing, opportunities for youth, and improving the cost of living crisis in her borough. <\/p>\n Outside of Peckham, her department has been driving the transition towards net zero goals. Their latest priority has been tackling fuel poverty, the warm homes plans, and the energy price cap. <\/p>\n She has pledged to tackle the climate crisis, insulate homes, and deliver cleaner energy. <\/p>\n Ideologically, Ms Fahnbulleh has been aligned to the soft left of the Labour Party. <\/p>\n What is Miatta Fahnbulleh\u2019s background?<\/p>\n Ms Fahnbulleh is of Liberian and Sierra Leonean descent. Her father too has a background in public policy and politics, having served as a minister in Samuel Doe\u2019s government. <\/p>\n The family fled Sierra Leone after her father spoke out against Doe\u2019s dictatorship, forcing the family to claim asylum in the UK. <\/p>\n Since then, she has lived in Peckham. On her website, she wrote: \u201cit was this community that taught me the values of compassion and solidarity that have shaped my politics. 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