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Labour councillor quits in Leicester a few days before elections

The Leicester Mercury reports:

A councillor has quit the Labour party and told the Mercury that the Leicester group is riven by splits and factions.

A few days ago, local Labour councillor Ramila Shah did something she had been longing to do for two years. She cancelled her Labour Party membership.

It felt like a huge weight had been lifted from her shoulders, she says. Finally, she felt, no more sniping. No more splits. No more bitching and backbiting.

This is a story of politics in Leicester – of a Labour group with such a large ruling majority that, according to Coun Shah, it is riven by

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