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Reform Politician Returns After Racist Slur Ban

12/3/2025

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Laura Anne Jones, Reform politician and the party's only member in the Welsh Parliament, returns to the Senedd after a two-week ban for using a racist slur in a WhatsApp chat in August 2023.
The sanction included a pay dock and exclusion from parliamentary proceedings.
The Chinese in Wales Association (CIWA) supported the Senedd's action but said the language used by an elected official was "deeply hurtful and racist."

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Laura Anne Jones, Reform politician and the party's only member in the Welsh Parliament, returns to the Senedd after a two-week ban for using a racist slur in a WhatsApp chat in August 2023.
The sanction included a pay dock and exclusion from parliamentary proceedings.
The Chinese in Wales Association (CIWA) supported the Senedd's action but said the language used by an elected official was "deeply hurtful and racist."