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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Heather Stewart and Aamna Mohdin

Calls for Tory Islamophobia inquiry as PM drawn into Nusrat Ghani row

Nusrat Ghani
Nusrat Ghani: ‘All I have ever wanted was for [the] government to take this seriously and ensure no other colleague has to endure this.’ Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Boris Johnson is facing calls to launch an independent inquiry into Islamophobia in the Tory party after the former minister Nusrat Ghani claimed she was told her “Muslimness” was “making colleagues uncomfortable”.

The prime minister was dragged into the controversy this weekend as he awaits the findings of a make-or-break investigation into alleged lockdown-busting parties in Downing Street.

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