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UK's Labour suspends lawmaker for saying Kwarteng 'superficially' Black

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Labour Party MP Rupa Huq is seen outside the Cabinet Office, as Brexit wrangles continue, in London, Britain, April 4, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

An opposition Labour lawmaker was suspended from the party on Tuesday after being accused of making racist comments about British finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng, with a party spokesperson saying it would call on her to apologise.

Rupa Huq, a lawmaker who represents an area of west London, was accused of racism by Conservatives after the Guido Fawkes website published a recording of her saying about Britain's first Black finance minister that "superficially he is a black man".

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