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Berger: Starmer called me on eve of EHRC report - I hadn't spoken to him since September 2018

Former Liverpool Wavertree MP tells LBC the Labour leader called her to apologise on behalf of himself and the Labour Party

October 29, 2020 13:24
MP Luciana Berger at the 2018 Labour Party conference in Liverpool

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Lee Harpin

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Luciana Berger has said Sir Keir Starmer telephoned her on Wednesday night to apologise on behalf of himself and the Labour Party for the "distress" she had been through as a result of "the events that happened".

But asked by Radio 5 Live presenter Emma Barnett when the last time she had spoken to the Labour leader previously, the former Liverpool Wavertree MP paused before replying "September of 2018".

Ms Berger was then asked: "So it all of that time, since then, you haven't heard anything from him - even since he became leader at the beginning of this year?"

She replied:"No, no."

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