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The statue of Emmeline Pankhurst in Westminster
A PLAN to move a statue of suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst from outside Parliament has been shelved after a public backlash.
The statue has stood in Victoria Tower Gardens, Westminster, since 1930, but the Emmeline Pankhurst Trust wanted to move it three miles away to Regent’s University in London’s Regent’s Park.
Opponents of the plan argued that a statue of someone who played a major role in the campaign to secure votes for women should remain by Parliament.
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