Article 6442C Rupa Huq apologises to Kwasi Kwarteng for ‘ill-judged’ comments

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

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Aubrey Allegretti Political correspondent
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Party whip suspended after Labour MP accused of making racist' comment about chancellor

A Labour MP has offered Kwasi Kwarteng sincere and heartfelt apologies" after describing him as superficially" black during a fringe meeting at the Labour conference.

Rupa Huq had the party whip suspended after she was accused of making a racist" comments about the chancellor. The former shadow Home Office minister was recorded at an event held on Monday during a fringe event as part of Labour's annual conference in Liverpool hosted by British Future and the Black Equity Organisation and also attended by the party's chair, Anneliese Dodds.

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