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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Lizzy Buchan

Boris Johnson delays probe into Tory 'sacked over Muslim faith' until new PM appointed

Boris Johnson has admitted an inquiry into a Tory MPs' claim that she lost her job due to her Muslim faith has been kicked down the road.

Former Transport Minister Nusrat Ghani alleged in January that a whip had told her “Muslimness was raised as an issue” and that her “Muslim woman minister status was making colleagues feel uncomfortable”.

Mark Spencer, then-the Chief Whip, later named himself as the minister she spoke to, but he said the claims were "completely false" and "defamatory."

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