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Rupa Huq’s comments on Kwasi Kwarteng were ‘racist’, says Keir Starmer

Sir Keir Starmer has branded comments made by a Labour MP about the Chancellor being "superficially black” as racist.

Evening Standard

Liz Truss must fix self-inflicted ‘mess’ after IMF warning, says Keir Starmer

Labour leader says his own mortgage payments have gone up by ‘few hundred pounds’ a month

The Independent UK

Labour suspends MP who described chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng as 'superficially' black

MP Rupa Huq has now offered a 'wholehearted' apology for the 'ill-judged' remarks

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

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.

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Labour MP apologises for calling Kwasi Kwarteng ‘superficially’ Black after suspension

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

The Independent UK

Who is Rupa Huq? Labour MP suspended over Kwasi Kwarteng comments

It is thought that Dr Huq made the comments at a fringe event at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool on Monday

Evening Standard

Suspended Labour MP apologises for calling Kwasi Kwarteng ‘superficially’ black

Rupa Huq gave her ‘sincere and heartfelt’ apologies to the Chancellor over her ‘ill-judged’ remarks.

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MP Rupa Huq suspended after calling Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng 'superficially' black

In audio published online, Ms Huq can be heard discussing Mr Kwarteng’s elite school background

Wales Online

Labour suspends MP heard calling Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng ‘superficially’ black

Rupa Huq is understood to have been placed on administrative suspension.

The Independent UK

Labour MP Rupa Huq suspended after 'racist' comment on Kwasi Kwarteng

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

Daily Mirror

Rupa Huq apologises to Kwasi Kwarteng for ‘ill-judged’ comments

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

The Guardian - UK

Labour removes party whip after MP calls Kwarteng ‘superficially’ black

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

The Independent UK

Labour MP heard calling Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng ‘superficially’ black

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…

Evening Standard

Sources in Rupa Huq’s local party call for her to lose whip after calling Kwarteng ‘superficially’ black

MP prompts racism row at party conference

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Evening Standard

Labour MP Rupa Huq suspended after calling Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng ‘superficially’ black

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

Daily Mirror

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

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.

The National (Scotland)

Labour MP suspended after calling Kwasi Kwarteng 'superficially black'

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

The Independent UK

Labour MP says Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng is ‘superficially’ black

Tory chair says Keir Starmer should suspend Rupa Huq over comments

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The Independent UK

Kwasi Kwarteng vows to stick with tax cut plan despite calls to ‘reverse course’

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

The Guardian - UK

BBC chief denies Emily Maitlis’s ‘Tory agent’ claims

Chairman Richard Sharp tells MPs that former Newsnight presenter was ‘completely wrong’

The Guardian - UK

Michael Grade faces tough questions over fitness to lead Ofcom

MPs vetting peer’s appointment as chair of media regulator raise impartiality and business concerns

The Independent UK

Tory minister goes on bizarre rant about ‘democracy’ when asked if Boris Johnson will face consequences if he broke law

Attorney general Suella Braverman declined to directly answer whether the PM was above the law

The Guardian - UK

Johnson’s ‘war on woke’ in parliament is a shabby attempt to save his skin

Many MPs want to tackle unconscious bias and racism in Westminster. Why is this generating such a backlash, asks the Labour MP Rupa Huq

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