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Activist condemns Labour response to charges of bias against Muslim women

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Shaista Gohir says party’s reply to letter calling for inquiry into allegations female councillors faced discrimination a ‘slap in the face’

A Muslim women’s activist, who called for a Labour inquiry into allegations that women have been systematically blocked from seeking election by men in their communities, has called the party’s lukewarm response “a slap in the face”.

Shaista Gohir of Muslim Women’s Network UK and Labour MP Gavin Shuker claimed discrimination was an open secret in many local councils.

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Labour rules out English parliament

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Tom Watson and Jeremy Corbyn to tell the party’s local government conference that decentralisation would better meet the country’s needs

Labour should not back an English parliament because that would look like “giving up on Britain”, Tom Watson, the party’s deputy leader, will say on Saturday.

Related: English parliament would balance ‘democratic deficit’, says Tristram Hunt

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Muslim women ‘blocked from seeking office by male Labour councillors’

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A women’s rights organisation has written to the party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, calling for an inquiry into allegations of discrimination

A women’s rights organisation has written to Jeremy Corbyn calling for an inquiry into allegations female Muslims were discriminated against and blocked from seeking office by male Labour councillors.

Muslim Women’s Network UK (MWNUK) urged the Labour leader to investigate “systematic misogyny displayed by significant numbers of Muslim male local councillors”.

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Ban Ki-moon adds to pressure on UK to stop arms sales to Saudis

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UN secretary general accuses Saudi Arabia of indiscriminate bombing in Yemen and says Britain has duty to stop weapons flow

Britain has come under renewed pressure to stop arms sales to Saudi Arabia after the UN secretary general accused the Saudis of indiscriminate bombing in Yemen and said countries such as the UK had a duty to stop the flow of weapons to Riyadh-led forces.

Speaking in London, Ban Ki-moon said: “Yemen is in flames and coalition airstrikes in particular continue to strike schools, hospitals, mosques and civilian infrastructure.”

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