Whites to pay more for rally

WHITE Labour members will pay more than ethnic minorities to hear Jeremy Corbyn give a speech, it emerged last night.

Tickets are £40 to attend the East Midlands Labour rally in Loughborough on February 17, but the charge for black and minority ethnic (BAME) members is £30.

Leicestershire Tory MP Andrew Bridgen said: ‘This is racism. In effect, Labour is levying a tax on the basis of the colour of a person’s skin. It shows their contempt for the white working class.’

But a Labour spokesman said: ‘The basic price of a conference pass is the same for all members but, at the request of our East Midlands Regional Board, the party will subsidise part of the cost of this year’s conference pass for BAME members to encourage attendance and improve representation.’