Labour MP Apsana Begum alleges ‘harassment’ from party
by Jessica Elgot from on (#645AQ)
MP tells World Transformed festival at Labour conference she experienced racism in party
The Labour MP Apsana Begum has accused the party of targeting her as a socialist, Muslim, working-class woman", saying she received no support from the party when subject to a vote on her deselection while signed off sick from work.
Begum has blamed a campaign of targeted harassment locally for the vote to start a full re-selection process in her seat, which she has linked to domestic abuse she alleged against her former husband.
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