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Slough: Councillors resign over Diane Abbott row and Gaza

Councillors Zaffar Ajaib, Sabia Akram, Haqeeq Dar, Mohammed Nazir, Naveeda Qaseem, Waqas Sabah and Jamilia Sabah were all named a statement announcing their resignation late on Monday.

In the statement, the councillors said they felt they had “no option but to resign”.

“We must stay true to our values and conscience, even if the party we once believed in has abandoned them,” the statement read.

The councillors also made several references to Labour’s position on the war in Gaza – and its reluctance to back motions in parliament calling for a ceasefire.

And they criticised Slough’s current MP Tan Dhesi for accusing an independent candidate, Azhar Chohan, of “toxifying” the town.


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