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Labour's Naz Shah on her 'phenomenal journey’ to Westminster

From a forced marriage to a mum in prison, Labour's Naz Shah says she has had a "phenomenal journey" to Westminster.

Shah, the MP for Bradford West, said before politics she looked after her siblings while her mother was imprisoned for murder.

"I was 18 years old - mum got locked up, I had two siblings an 11 year old and a 13 year old - safe to say our lives were turned upside down,” said Shah.

"Two children, 18 and didn’t know much of the world. I used to work in Seabrooks packing crisps, just before that I worked in a launderette. I wasn’t who I am today that’s for sure,” she added.

This clip is originally from 5 live Daily on Wednesday 20 May 2015.

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