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Claudia Webbe: No sign of giving up yet
HARSEV BAINS of the Indian Workers' Association puts into context the recent conviction of Leicester East MP Claudia Webbe, who is intending to appeal the verdict
Leicester East MP Claudia Webbe

LEICESTER has often been described as one of the “most ethnically diverse” places in Britain.

The 2011 British census recorded that two-thirds of its population was non-white and nearly half, or 48.5 per cent of the people here, described themselves as Asian.

But MPs from Leicester East have been in the news for all kinds of unflattering reasons for the past couple of years.

Who is Claudia Webbe?

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