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Nottingham Post
Nottingham Post
National
Phil Norris & Jake Brigstock

PM Boris Johnson orders inquiry into claims MP told she lost job due to 'Muslimness' by Chief Whip Mark Spencer

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has asked the Cabinet Office to conduct an inquiry into allegations made by Conservative MP Nusrat Ghani.

Ms Ghani claimed she had been sacked as a junior minister because of concerns about her “Muslimness”.

Ms Ghani said when she lost her job as a transport minister in 2020, a Government whip told her “Muslimness” had been raised as an issue at a Downing Street meeting to discuss the reshuffle.

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