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A Tory MP who was suspended from the party for making a racist remark about Brexit could be let back into the party, it emerged today.

MP Anne Marie Morris had her membership of the Conservative Party suspended after it emerged she said the phrase "n****r in the woodpile" during a meeting of Eurosceptics.

But the party today said her suspension would be "reviewed from time to time."

She used the offensive phrase to describe the idea of leaving the EU without a deal.

Ms Morris, MP for Newton Abbot in Devon, apologised “unreservedly” for using the offensive word during a talk on post- Brexit deals at the East India Club in Central London organised by the Politeia think tank.

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In a leaked audio clip the 60-year-old was heard to say: “And then we get to the real n***** in the woodpile which is in two years what happens if there is no deal?”

Theresa May insisted her language has “no place in politics or in today’s society”, but drew criticism for not sacking her immediately, but only suspending her.

Today, a spokesman for the Chief Whip's office said: "Anne Marie Morris' suspension is indefinite and will be reviewed from time to time.

"It's not a fixed time and no indication of how long it will be has been given to me."

A spokesperson for Ms Morris declined to comment when asked by the Mid-Devon Advertiser.