The Latest Breaking News from Rupa Huq

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.

Ed Miliband says Labour must decide on Rupa Huq’s future after ‘reprehensible and awful’ comments

The MP provoked outrage when she described the Tory Chancellor as a "superficially black man" at a fringe event during the party conference.

Party whip suspended after Labour MP accused of making ‘racist’ comment about chancellor

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…

MP prompts racism row at party conference

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

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.