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Labour removes party whip after MP calls Kwarteng ‘superficially’ black

In audio published online, Rupa Huq was heard discussing the chancellor’s private school background

The Independent UK

Labour MP heard calling Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng ‘superficially’ black

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is facing calls to suspend MP Rupa Huq after she described Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng as “superficially” black. In audio published online, Ms Huq can be heard discussing his elite school background, before adding that “you wouldn’t know he is black” when listening to him on…

Evening Standard

Sources in Rupa Huq’s local party call for her to lose whip after calling Kwarteng ‘superficially’ black

MP prompts racism row at party conference

The Independent UK

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Labour MP Rupa Huq suspended after calling Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng ‘superficially’ black

Huq has offered the Chancellor ‘sincere and heartfelt apologies’ for her ‘ill-judged’ comments

Evening Standard

Labour MP Rupa Huq faces backlash after calling Kwasi Kwarteng 'superficially Black'

The Labour MP for Ealing Central and Acton went on to say, 'You wouldn’t know he is black' when listening to him on the radio. She was speaking at a Labour fringe event in Liverpool.

Daily Mirror

Labour MP suspended after calling Kwasi Kwarteng 'superficially black'

LABOUR leader Sir Keir Starmer is facing calls to suspend MP Rupa Huq after she described Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng as “superficially…

The National (Scotland)

Labour MP says Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng is ‘superficially’ black

Tory chair says Keir Starmer should suspend Rupa Huq over comments

The Independent UK

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Kwasi Kwarteng vows to stick with tax cut plan despite calls to ‘reverse course’

Chancellor insists strategy ‘will work’ and promises ‘credible plan’ to address debt next month

The Independent UK

BBC chief denies Emily Maitlis’s ‘Tory agent’ claims

Chairman Richard Sharp tells MPs that former Newsnight presenter was ‘completely wrong’

The Guardian - UK

Michael Grade faces tough questions over fitness to lead Ofcom

MPs vetting peer’s appointment as chair of media regulator raise impartiality and business concerns

The Guardian - UK

Tory minister goes on bizarre rant about ‘democracy’ when asked if Boris Johnson will face consequences if he broke law

Attorney general Suella Braverman declined to directly answer whether the PM was above the law

The Independent UK

Johnson’s ‘war on woke’ in parliament is a shabby attempt to save his skin

Many MPs want to tackle unconscious bias and racism in Westminster. Why is this generating such a backlash, asks the Labour MP Rupa Huq

The Guardian - UK

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