A Muslim Labour councillor sacked after campaigning against extremism and sexism has told The Sunday Times that the party has “a particular problem with black and minority ethnic women”.

Amina Lone, a Manchester councillor and former parliamentary candidate, said she felt she had been deselected from her council seat and told she could not stand in next year’s elections “as a punishment for speaking out and as a warning to others not to speak out”.

She said: “So many black and minority ethnic women in the Labour Party are terrified. The silencing is so acute, the fear is so acute. I’m the only one that’s speaking publicly and I’ve been warned a lot this year.”

Lone, who is of Kashmiri heritage, spoke out last week