Party whip suspended after Labour MP accused of making ‘racist’ comment about chancellor
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A Labour MP has offered Kwasi Kwarteng “sincere and heartfelt apologies” after describing him as “superficially” black during a fringe meeting at the Labour conference.
Rupa Huq had the party whip suspended after she was accused of making a “racist” comments about the chancellor. The former shadow Home Office minister was recorded at an event held on Monday during a fringe event as part of Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool hosted by British Future and the Black Equity Organisation and also attended by the party’s chair, Anneliese Dodds.
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