Rupa Huq Labour MP for Ealing Central and Acton says she has apologised to Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng for describing him as "superficially" black.. She has been suspended from sitting as a Labour MP, pending an investigation. #LabourParty #RupaHuqMP #BBCNews #talktv #TalkRadio

"MP Rupa Huq says she has apologised to Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng for describing him as "superficially" black. 

Speaking at a Labour Party conference fringe event, Ms Huq also said: "If you hear him on the Today programme, you wouldn't know he's black." 

She has been suspended from sitting as a Labour MP, pending an investigation. 

Leader Sir Keir Starmer called the remarks "racist" and said he taken "swift action". 

He declined to comment on whether she should be sacked from the party, saying its investigation should now "take its course". 

Speaking to BBC Breakfast, he added: "It's not for me to tell that independent process what they should do." 

The Ealing Central and Acton MP, who will now sit in Parliament as an independent, was recorded making the comments on Monday evening at a fringe event entitled What's Next for Labour's Agenda on Race. 

The audio clip was published by the Guido Fawkes website minutes before Sir Keir Starmer began his speech to the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool." 

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