Hina Bokhari becomes first ethnic minority woman to lead a group at City Hall as Lib Dem leader [Video]

Hina Bokhari has been named as the new Leader of the Liberal Democrats in the London Assembly making history as the first ethnic minority woman to assume this role.

The politician, who represents residents in Merton, south London, takes over this role from Caroline Pidgeon who led the Liberal Democrats in the London Assembly for 14 years.

Councillor Bokhari said she was “privileged” to take up the post, and expressed hope that others see “that barriers are being broken and politics is becoming more representative of the society we live in.”

“It is a privilege to lead the Liberal Democrat Group on the London Assembly and to be the first ethnic minority woman to lead a group on the Assembly,” Hina Bokhari AM said.

“I passionately …