A Labour rising star who claims to support women's rights has two wives and asked an imam to sign off a supposed Islamic divorce, it was claimed last night.
Councillor Waseem Zaffar has said he is committed to fighting gender inequality and declared his opposition to sharia law in Britain.
But the politician and magistrate – once pictured with Labour leader Ed Miliband – married teacher Ayesha Imdad last year without having formally divorced his first wife.