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In audio published online, Rupa Huq was heard discussing the chancellor’s private school background

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is facing calls to suspend MP Rupa Huq after she described Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng as “superficially” black. In audio published online, Ms Huq can be heard discussing his elite school background, before adding that “you wouldn’t know he is black” when listening to him on…

Policy Correspondent Jon Stone unpacks how unfunded tax cuts pulled the rug out from under the UK economy

Huq has offered the Chancellor ‘sincere and heartfelt apologies’ for her ‘ill-judged’ comments

Last week, UK chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng launched a bid to boost economic growth with the largest tax cutting exercise for half a century. What this so-called mini-budget has since overshadowed, however, was an admission by the Bank of England the previous day that the UK may already be in a…

The chancellor has spent his life praising free markets. Shame they don’t feel the same way about him, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Labour MP for Ealing Central and Acton went on to say, 'You wouldn’t know he is black' when listening to him on the radio. She was speaking at a Labour fringe event in Liverpool.

LABOUR leader Sir Keir Starmer is facing calls to suspend MP Rupa Huq after she described Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng as “superficially…

The Chancellor has told City investors that he is committed to ‘fiscal discipline’.

Tory chair says Keir Starmer should suspend Rupa Huq over comments

Chancellor insists strategy ‘will work’ and promises ‘credible plan’ to address debt next month