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Labour MP says she receives near daily racist abuse
TARGETED: Satvir Kaur

by Our News Desk

A LABOUR MP has said she faces extreme abuse, including racism, almost every day.

Satvir Kaur, who became the first female Sikh leader of a British local authority when she headed Southampton City Council from 2022 to 2023, told BBC Radio Solent yesterday that women in politics receive a lot of abuse.

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