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Mayoral hopeful sacked for her beliefs

A Christian running for mayor in the London Borough of Lewisham has been dismissed as a housing manager after setting out her beliefs on marriage in her election manifesto. It was unrelated to her employment.

Nicola Laver

Maureen Martin, who is 56 and had been employed for 13 years by L&Q Housing Trust before being sacked for gross misconduct, is taking her employer to court for unfair dismissal and discrimination. L&Q houses more than 250,000 people in the south east.