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Aletha Adu

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

Labour MP Rupa Huq is facing backlash after she called Britain's first black Chancellor a "superficially black man".

The shadow Home Office minister was sitting on a panel, alongside Shadow Equalities Minister Anneliese Dodds at a Labour fringe event that was meant to be focused on discussing the party's agenda on race.

A member of the audience questioned what policies Kwasi Kwarteng rolled out in his mini-budget that would positively affect the lives of black people living in Britian.

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