Rehman in the national, international and local news
You can watch Rehman's interviews on his YouTube page here.
Sky News - Politics Hub – 26 September 2024 – Rehman appeared on a Politics Hub panel, covering Foreign Affairs including the Middle East, and Domestic issues including the Conservative Party leadership elections.
Sky News - Politics Hub - 8 May 2024 - Rehman appeared on a Politics Hub panel, covering a range of national and domestic political issues of the day.
The House Magazine - 1 May 2024 - Writing for The House Magazine with USA Congressman French Hill, Rehman proposes the idea of using Russian assets to fund Ukraine.
Sky News - Politics Hub - 18 April 2024 - Rehman, featuring on Sky Politics Hub, with Sophie Ridge covering the latest developments in the middle east.
ITV Meridian - 11 April 2024 - Interviewed by ITV meridian, Rehman covers security challenges faced by Members of parliament.
Sky News - Politics Hub - 21 March 2024 - Rehman features on Politics Hub to discuss the cost of living and a range of national issues such as the economy, domestic politics and the upcoming local elections.
Sky News - Politics Hub - 26 February 2024 - Speaking to Sophy Ridge on Politics Hub, Rehman calls for the government to appoint an independent advisor to tackle Islamaphobia.
ITV News - 30 January 2024 - Interviewed by ITV News, Rehman discusses his campaign for a new hospital for Medway.
Politics.co.uk - 7 December 2023 - Politics.co.uk covers Rehman’s speech in Parliament, regarding tackling Islamophobia, labelling it a ‘stand out speech’.
Politics Home - 7 December 2023 - Rehman’s interview with Politics Home where he discusses tackling Islamophobia.
BBC Politics, GB News, Sky news and The Mirror Online - Nov - Dec 2023 - Rehman, featured on various media outlets, regarding his question to the prime minister on tackling Islamophobia.
Conservative Home - 25th August 2023 - Published on Conservative home, Rehman discusses the special relationship between Kuwait and Britain.
Politics Home - 15th May 2023 - Rehman, interviewed by Politics Home, covers a range of issues from new policy ideas on cost of Living to opposing top-down housing targets and a fair allocation of levelling up funding.
Local Election Coverage
Sky News - May 2023
BBC News - May 2023
BBC South East - May 2023
BBC Radio Kent - May 2023
Conservative Party leadership election
Sky News - 21st October 2022
BBC News - 21st October 2022
Rehman's campaign to be Prime Minister (July 2022)
BBC South East - 11th July 2022
BBC News - 11th July 2022
Sky News - 11th July 2022
Sky News - 11th July 2022
Channel 4 News - 11th July 2022
ITV News - 11th July 2022
ITN - 11th July 2022
Politics Home podcast - 15th July 2022
The National - 12th July 2022
Daily Mirror - 12th July 2022
Kent Online - 12th July 2022
The Guardian - 11th July 2022
The Express - 11th July 2022
The Independent - 11th July 2022
Euronews - 11th July 2022
Kent Live - 11th July 2022
Reuters - 10th July 2022
Kent Online - 8th July 2022
Politics Home - 8th July 2022
Previous Interviews and articles
BBC South East (Levelling up Gillingham Bid) - 22 February 2023
The Guardian, the Observer (Challenging Home Secretary’s comments on Race and Religion) - 30 April 2023
BusinessGreen (The global hydrogen race is underway - the UK needs to put its foot to the floor) - 11 January 2022
BBC News (October 2022 contest to be Prime Minister) - 21 October 2022
Sky News (October 2022 contest to be Prime Minister) - 21 October 2022
BBC, Politics Live (Sue Gray report and cost of living) - 25 May 2022
The Times Red Box (Cybersecurity and data protection have never been more important) - 12 April 2022
The Times Red Box (Reducing the backlog in our criminal courts) – 21 March 2022
GB News, The Briefing with Gloria de Piero (Ukraine and cost of living) - 10 March 2022
BBC, Politics Live (Ukraine and cost of living) - 9 March 2022
Conservative Home (International Women’s Day: Women’s rights in Afghanistan) – 8 March 2022
The Times Red Box (IMF’s Special Drawing Rights allocation) – 28 February 2022
Conservative Home (Sudan) – 2 November 2021
Sky News, (Online hate) - 22 October 2021
Sky News, PMQs Panel (Sir David Amess MP & anonymous online hate)
Conservative Home (Holding the Taliban to account) – 19 September 2021
Atlantic Council (Repression of Burma’s Rohingya Muslims) – 17 September 2021
Sky News, PMQs Hour (Health and social care proposals) - 8 September 2021
Sky News (Afghanistan) - 18 August 2021
The Times Red Box (Afghanistan) – 18 August 2021
BBC News (Afghanistan) - 17 August 2021
Sky News (Lifting of Covid-19 restrictions) - 19 July 2021
BBC News (Lifting of Covid-19 restrictions) - 19 July 2021
Conservative Home (Missing People) – 25 May 2021
BBC Radio Kent (Easing of Covid-19 restrictions & Medway City of Culture) - 17th May 2021
The Times Red Box (IMF’s Special Drawing Rights allocation) – 12 May 2021
Conservative Home (Levelling Up) – 30 April 2021
The Times Red Box (Protecting freedom of religion or belief around the world) – 14 April 2021
Sky News, Kay Burley Breakfast show (Parliamentary sovereignty & rule of law following resignation) - 21 September 2020
BBC Radio 4 Sunday Programme (PM's Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief) - 6 September 2020
BBC Radio 4 (PM's Special Envoy for Freedom or Religion or Belief) - 22 September 2019
BBC South East (English Channel Migrant Crossings) - 11 September 2019
Talk Radio (Government's criminal justice announcements) - 17 August 2019
Sky News (Brexit & Conservative Leadership Election) - 19 June 2019
Sky News (EU Withdrawal Agreement) - 29 March 2019
BBC South East (EU Withdrawal Agreement) - 27 March 2019
Sky News (EU Withdrawal Agreement) - 26 March 2019
BBC News (Terrorist attacks in New Zealand) -15 March 2019
Sky News (Situation in Kashmir) - 28 February 2019
BBC South East (English Channel Migrant Crossings) - 27 February 2019
Channel 4 News (Returning Daesh Fighters) - 21 February 2019
Sky News (Brexit) - 6 February 2019
Channel 5 Do the Right Thing (Cats Bill) - 20 January 2019
Geo Pakistan TV (Brexit & Withdrawal Agreement) - 16 January 2019
Sky News (EU Withdrawal Agreement) - 15 January 2019
BBC South East (Illegal migrant crossings in the English Channel) - 7 January 2019
KARK 4 News (Brexit, Syria, Border Security, Bilateral Trade) - 31 December 2018
Sky News (Brexit & Withdrawal Agreement) - 11 December 2018
BBC Radio 4 (Asia Bibi) - 13 November 2018
BBC South East (Budget 2018) - 29 October 2018
ITV Meridian (Cats Bill) - 26 October 2018
BBC South East (County Lines) - 12 October 2018
KARK 4 News (Bilateral trade, Brexit, connecting our local schools businesses) - 4 October 2018
KARN Radio (all aspects of UK-US relations, bilateral trade, security, NATO, countering Russian aggression & connecting local schools & businesses) - 4 October 2018
Jeremy Vine Channel 5 (News reviews, Brexit, recycling, financial services and more) - 26 September 2018
BBC South East Politics (Hyper Acute Stroke Unit in Medway) - 19 September 2018
BBC South East (Hyper Acute Stroke Unit in Medway) - 23 September 2018
Wright Stuff (News reviews, justice, civil partnerships & more) - 27 June 2018
Sky News (Brexit Dividend & NHS Funding) - 18 June 2018
BBC South East (Serious Violent Crime Strategy) - 6 June 2018
BBC South East (Bromley Council's relocating residents into Medway) - 4 June 2018
Wright Stuff (News reviews, engaging with young voters, football films etc) - 1 June 2018
Sky News (Brexit & Italian Elections) - 29 May 2018
Sky News (2018 Local Elections) - 2 May 2018
Sky News Australia (Chemical weapons use in Syria) - 19 April 2018
Sky News (Syria military action) - 17 April 2018
Victoria Derbyshire (Chemical weapons use in Syria) - 16 April 2018
BBC Radio 5 Live (Russia, Antisemitism, Gender Pay Gap, & more) - 4 April 2018
Sky News (Brexit) - 19 March 2018
Sky News (Labour's stance on the customs union) - 26 February 2018
Sky News (Brexit) - 20 February 2018
BBC Daily Politics (Higher Education, Boundary Review, Brexit) - 19 February 2018
BBC News (Finsbury Park Mosque Attack) - 2 February 2018
Sky News (Brexit) - 30 January 2018
BBC News South East (Perinatal Mental Health) - 18 January 2018
BBC News South East (Budget 2017) - 22 November 2017
Channel 4 News (Knife & gang crime) - 12 November 2017
Good Morning Britain, ITV (Candidate intimidation at 2017 Election) -14 September 2017
The Wright Stuff, Channel 5 - 11-15 September 2017
Sky News (Brexit, the customs union & single market) - 5 September 2017
BBC News South East (Communities defeating terrorism & respect for British values) - 24 March 2017
BBC News 24 (Communities working together to defeat terrorism) - 23 March 2017
The Wright Stuff, Channel 5 - 9 February 2017
BBC News 24 (President Trump proposed state visit) - 30 January 2017
Sky News (President Trump proposed state visit) - 30 January 2017
Sky News (Sunday Paper Review) - 20 November 2016
ITV News (Laser pens) - 13 September 2016
BBC News 24 (Reshuffle) - 14 July 2016
Financial Times (Thames Estuary airport) - 14 July 2016
Conservative Home (Queen's speech) - 18 May 2016
The Telegraph (Fighters returning from Syria) - 21 April 2016
Asian Image (BBC & Daesh) - 12 April 2016
Sunday Express (laser pens) - 10 April 2016
Sky News (Pakistan terrorist attack) - 28 March 2016
House Magazine (illicit tobacco) - 18 March 2016
Conservative Home (Laser pens) - 15 March 2016
Bloomberg (Laser pens) - 9 March 2016
The Sunday Express (Laser pens) - 6 March 2016
Sky News' Murnaghan programme - 28 February 2016
The Sunday Times (Laser pens) - 21 February 2016
The Sun (Laser pens) - 16 February 2016
The House Magazine (Daesh campaign) - 8 February 2016
Asharq Al-Awsat (Westminster Column) - 3 February 2016
Asian Trader (Illicit tobacco) - 3 February 2016
Mirror (Laser pens) - 29 January 2016
Express (Laser pens) - 27 January 2016
Asian Trader (Illicit tobacco) - 7 January 2016
Conservative Home (Second in Parliamentarian of the Year Awards) - 31 December 2015
Conservative Home (Lords reform) - 18 December 2015
News 24 (Syria) - 3 December 2015
Daesh campaign - 3 December 2015
Daily Politics
The Times
The Sun
Daily Mail
The Telegraph
Daesh campaign - 2 December 2015
Daily Star
Telegraph
Independent
The Times
Asian Lite
ITV
Asian Image
BBC Five Live
BBC PM Programme
BBC News 24 - 26 November 2015 (Syria)
Telegraph - 26 November 2015 (Daesh campaign)
BBC World at One - 23 November 2015 (Syria)
The Independent - 21 November 2015 (Daesh letter to the PM)
The Times - 21 November 2015 (Daesh letter to the PM)
Catholic Herald - 18 November 2015 (blasphemy laws)
Daily Politics - 17 November 2015 (counter-terrorism)
Conservative Home - 15 November 2015 (Syria)
The Asians - 5 November 2015 (Patchwork Foundation award)
News International/ Geo TV - 28 October 2015 (Debate on Pakistan)
BBC - 9 October 2015 (Perinatal mental health Bill)
Dawn - 28 September 2015 (On Councillors conference)
Asian Lite - 23 September 2015 (Arab League on Daesh campaign)
The News International - 22 September 2015 (Councillors conference)
British Pakistan Foundation - 16 September 2015 (Interview)
Eastern Eye - 11 September 2015 (on refugees)
Daily Jang - 6 September 2015 (on refugees)
IB Times - 24 July 2015 (Daesh campaign)
Eastern Eye - 24 July 2015 (Daesh campaign)
BBC News Channel - 20 July 2015 (PM speech on extremism)
Coverage of Daesh campaign - 3 July 2015
The Daily Telegraph (front page)
The Times
Guardian
Daily Mail
Express
Mirror
The Sun
Huffington Post
BBC rejects calls to use the term - Daesh
The Times - 2 July 2015 (front page)
The Guardian
Telegraph
Mail
Express
Independent
Politics Home
IB Times
Guido Fawkes - 1 July 2015 (Question to PM on Daesh)
Geo TV - 1 July 2015 (Daesh campaign)
BBC - 1 July 2015 (Question to PM on Daesh)
The Sun - 1 July 2015 (Daesh campaign)
Mail Online - 30 June 2015 (Daesh campaign)
Press Gazette - 30 June 2015 (Daesh campaign)
Daily Mail - 30 June 2015 (Daesh campaign)
Guardian - 29 June 2015 (BBC to review use of 'Islamic State')
Independent - 29 June 2015 (Article on ISIL - Daesh)
Politics Home - 29 June 2015 (Daesh Campaign)
Telegraph - 29 June 2015 (Boris Johnson mentions the Daesh campaign)
Eastern Eye - 27 June 2015 (Daesh campaign)
Asian Lite - 25 June 2015 (Rename ISIS)
Conservative Home - 20 June 2015 (Article on ISIL)
Asharq Al-Awsat - 16 June 2015 (Article on renaming ISIL)
The Jewish Chronicle - 17 June 2015 (Iran's Nuclear Deal)
Express Online - 16 June 2015 (On British YPG Fighter)
The Daily Mail - 13 June 2015 (On Twitter and terrorists)
The Eastern Eye - 29 May 2015 (On minority voting in the election)
Asharq Al-Awsat - 18 May 2015 (General Election)
Channel 4 News - 9 April 2015
Daily Politics Show - 2 March 2015
Increasing employment figures (Daily Jang) - 22 February 2015
Community engagement in Halifax (Daily Jang) - 22 February 2015
Meeting with Prince Turki al-Faisal (Daily Jang) - February 2015
UK Support for Pakistan after the Pashawar attack - 28 January 2015
The News International
The Asians
Daily Times
Asian Image
Kasmir Link London
Easter Eye
Community engagement - (GOTV/ Daily Jang/ Urdu News)- 15 January 2015
Sky News Debate - 19 December 2014
Pakistan attack - 17 December 2014
The Asians
Daily Times
ARY TV
Geo TV
Dunya TV
Daily Jang
Daily Ausaf
Terrorist attack in Pakistan - 16 December 2014
BBC News 24
Sky News
BBC 5 Live
BBC Radio Ulster
PoliticsHome
Asia Bibi case (Church Times) - 5 December 2014
Persecution of Christians (The Asians) - 3 December 2014
Free Speech (BBC 3) - 18 November 2014
The Asia Bibi case (BBC Asian Network) - 10 November 2014
Letter on Asia Bibi case (Catholic Universe) - 9 November 2014
Asia Bibi campaign (The Asians) - 7 November 2014
Presenting Asia Bibi letter to PPP Chairman (Daily Ausaf) - 5 November 2014
Meeting with PPP Chairman and UK Foreign Minister (Daily Ausaf) - 5 November 2014
Letter on Asia Bibi case (Independent Catholic News)- 31 October 2014
Farewell vote of thanks to Pakistan High Commissioner - 22 October 2014
The Nation
Geo TV
Daily Ausaf
Meeting new Pakistani envoy (The London Post) - 17 October 2014
Action against ISIS (Sky News) - 26 September 2014
Estuary airport (BBC News 24) - 2 September 2014
Estuary airport report (Evening Standard, Politics.co.uk) - 22 July 2014
Sky News Paper Review - 20 July 2014
Sky News Paper Review - 5 July 2014
Window on Westminster (Rudaw) - 18 June 2014
Iran's role in Iraq (Conservative Home) - 18 June 2014
Sky News Paper Review - 31 May 2014
Pakistan's blasphemy laws (Conservative Home) - 2 May 2014
Sky News Paper Review - 18 April 2014
Sky News Paper Review - 6 April 2014
Sky News Paper Review - 9 March 2014
Impact of Syria vote (Conservative Home) - 16 February 2014
Sky News Paper Review - 8 February 2014
Muslim Charter - 5 February 2014
Guardian
Independent
Daily Mirror
Daily Mail
Bangladesh elections (The Financial Express) - 31 January 2014
Road safety award (The Asians) - 16 January 2014
Tighter traffic rules in the UK (The Voice of Russia) - 14 January 2014
Sky News Paper Review - 11 January 2014
Sky News Paper Review - 25 December 2013
Road safety debate (BBC Democracy Live) - 10 December 2013
Persecution of Christians (The Asians) - 9 December 2013
Sky News Paper Review - 7 December 2013
Pakistan in top five extreme risk countries (The News International) - 5 December 2013
Persecution of Christians (WorldWatch Monitor) - 4 December 2013
Persecution of Christians (Christian Today) - 4 December 2013
Drink driving case (Express) - 16 November 2013
Water Bills (Utility Week) - 6 November 2013
Water Bills (Water Briefing) - 6 November 2013
Time for MP's to snuff it out? (BBC) - 5 November 2013
Sky News Paper Review - 2 November 2013
Disqualified driver (Metro) - 2 November 2013
Disqualified driver (Mail Online) - 1 November 2013
Expat pensions (Eastern Eye) - 1 November 2013
Snuff in Parliament (The Independent) - 22 October 2013
Sky News Paper Review - 12 October 2013
Napier School issues (The Telegraph) - 4 October 2013
Drink driving (The Times) - 28 September 2013
Drink Driving repeat offenders - 27 September 2013
BBC World At One
BBC News 24
Action in Syria (The Eastern Eye) - 6 September 2013
Sky News Paper Review - 1 September 2013
Praying for justice (The Eastern Eye) - 23 August 2013
Sky News Paper Review - 4 August 2013
Sky News Paper Review - 20 July 2013
Article on organ donations (Daily Jang) - 10 July 2013
Commenting on the recent report on Bin Laden (Sky News) - 9 July 2013
10 Minute Rule Bill (BBC Democracy Live) - 3 July 2013
Brought to Book (Total Politics) - July 2013 edition
Week ahead (Mark D'Arcy, BBC) on my 10 Minute Rule Bill - 28 June 2013
Sky News Paper Review - 29 June 2013
Church closures (Evangelical Alliance) - 27 June 2013
There'll always be an England (The Economist blog) - 27 June 2013
Increased use of drones needs serious discussion (The Eastern Eye) - 17 May 2013
Pakistan election results (The Eastern Eye) - 17 May 2013
Sky News Paper Review - 12 May 2013
Pakistan election (Radio 5 Live) - 12 May 2013
Pakistan election (Sky News) - 12 May 2013
Drone strikes in Pakistan (The News International) - 7 May 2013
Sky News Paper Review - 4 May 2013
On the Pakistani elections (Eastern Eye) - 3 May 2013
RAF role in US drone attacks in Iraq (Mail on Sunday) - 28 April 2013
UK aircrew flew 2,000 US drone missions (The Times) - 26 April 2013
Tribute to Margaret Thatcher (The Muslim News) - 26 April 2013
Britain's role in America's drone wars (Mail on Sunday) - 21 April 2013
Remember those who donate organs (Conservative Home) - 11 April 2013
UK poll on drone strikes (Huffington Post) - 26 March 2013
Sky News Paper Review - 10 March 2013
Quoted in interview with Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, Chairman of Minaj-ul-Quran International (BBC Hardtalk) - 1 February 2013
Drone stike prompts suit, raising fears for US allies (The New York Times) - 31 January 2013 (and the International Herald Tribune - 1 February 2013)
Parliament statement on Mali (British Forces News) - 29 January 2013
Sky News Paper Review - 23 December 2012
Judges reject attempt to sue Government on drone strikes (The Times) - 22 December 2012
The High Court case on drones - 21 December 2012
BBC News online
World at One
BBC News 24
Raising concerns about same sex marriage (The Telegraph) - 16 December 2012
On the same sex marriage debate (The Daily Mail) - 11 December 2012
Drones may be used to fight pirates (The Telegraph) - 4 December 2012
Sky News Paper Review - 2 December 2012
UK drone policy questioned by MPs (The Times) - 21 November 2012
Government asked about use of drones (The New York Times) - 21 November 2012
British MP asks Pakistan to take drone issue to ICJ (The News International) - 14 November 2012
Unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) strikes deployed in Afghanistan and Pakistan - 7 November 2012
Press TV
The News International
Daily Ausaf
End drone strikes or turn civilians against us (The Times) - 27 October 2012
Conservative calls for end of drone attacks in Afghanistan (The New York Times) - 27 October 2012
Sky News Paper Review - October 2012
Drone strikes on Pakistan (Independent) - 10 October 2012
Sky News Paper Review - September 2012
Hillsborough statement (Total Politics) - 12 September 2012
Persecution of Christians in Pakistan(Sky News) - 7 September 2012
Heathrow and Boris Island are not the only airport options (Sunday Telegraph) - 2 September 2012
The public will be safer because of new sentencing guidelines on dangerous dogs (Conservative Home) - 26 August 2012
British Pakistani parliamentarians vital in promoting bilateral ties: Zardari (Pakistan Today) - 12 April 2012
Zardari urges UK lawmakers of Pak origin to bolster ties (Daily Times) - 12 April 2012
'Pakistani origin British parliamentarians vital in promoting ties' (Business Recorder) - 12 April 2012
Panel discussion on Pakistan (ARY Television) - April 2012
England's MPs discover about the Olympic and Paralympic legacy in their area (Sport England) - 26 March 2012
Euro judges have no judicial experience (Daily Mail) - 14 March 2012
European Court of Human Rights 'not interfering in UK (BBC News) - 13 March 2012
BBC Two Daily Politics (MPs Panel) - 12 March 2012
How the Olympics legacy could help to tackle obesity and boost health (Conservative Home) - 7 March 2012
Fast-Track to Tough Justice (Sunday Express) - 4 March 2012
Rehman arranges for Aseefa Bhutto Zardari (Benazir Bhutto's daughter) accompanied by Pakistan High Commissioner Wajid Hasan, to present her mother's biography to Prime Minister David Cameron. (Daily Jang; Daily Ausaf; Geo TV) - 1 March 2012
The Medway towns can provide a great example of communities working together - Co-authored with Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali (Conservative Home) - 2 February 2012
Syrian opposition parties need to unite otherwise Syria faces a bleak future - (Conservative Home) - 28 January 2012 (Daily Asia) - 31 January 2012
Sky News 10:15 Saturday Paper Review - 21 January 2012
There are better solutions to the UK's aviation needs than an airport in the Thames Estuary – Co-authored with Councillor Rodney Chambers (Conservative Home) - 21 January 2012
What more countries of origin, communities and Governments can do to combat the evil of Honour Violence - (Conservative Home & The Telegraph) - 24 December 2011
Honour Violence - (Daily Ausaf) - 22 December 2011
International Community needs to resolve grievances in Islamic world to tackle extremism - (Daily Asia) - 16 December 2011
Meet Parliament's rising new stars: 20 of the brightest new stars in Parliament (New Statesman) - September 2011
Libya's National Transitional Council must deal with the extreme rebel fighters reportedly in its alliance (Conservative Home) - 10 September 2011
Best Practice on Campaigning (Constituency First) - Autumn 2011
Why I agree with tough sentences for rioters (Conservative Home) - 21 August 2011
Mother-of-ten who said £30,000 a year in benefits was not enough “MP: We have to put a stop to this kind of thing” (Daily Mail) - 19 August 2011
Sky News Debate: supporting firm sentences for rioters - 17 August 2011
NHS surgeon bullied out of job by colleagues (The Telegraph) - 17 July 2011
MPs' Class of 2010: End of term report (BBC) - 11 July 2011
Legal Aid Reform (BBC Radio 4) - 16 June 2011
David Cameron: Bahrain ‘Needs to Grasp Reform’ (Daily Express) - 15 March 2011
The Government has a responsibility to make sure those from less privileged backgrounds are able to go to the most high-performing universities (Daily Mail) - 4 March 2011
Sky News Paper Review - 4 January 2011
Sky News Paper Review - 7 December 2010
Philip Lawrence's widow urges reform of human rights laws after killer Learco Chindamo recalled to prison (The Telegraph) - 25 November 2010
Sky News Paper Review - October 2010
Sky News Paper Review - 27 September 2010
BBC Radio 5 Live Interview on the Pope’s visit to Parliament - 17 September 2010