article_snippet.sent: Ms Shah first went public with the story of Ms Shah childhood early last month, just days after being selected as Labour's candidate in Bradford West.
article_snippet.sent: In an open letter, Ms Shah described growing up in Bradford in extreme poverty and becoming homeless aged six after Ms Shah father left her father family destitute when her father eloped with a 16-year-old neighbour.
article_snippet.sent: Ms Shah said was forced to be a parent to Ms Shah two sisters after Ms Shah mother, who had suffered years of abuse at the hands of a local drug dealer, was jailed for her father murder after Ms Shah poisoned her father.
article_snippet.sent: Ms Shah said Ms Shah became a political campaigner while fighting for Ms Shah mother's release from prison, which came in 2000 after 14 years behind bars.
article_snippet.sent: After Ms Shah mother was jailed Ms Shah's mother became estranged from the rest of the family, but travelled to Pakistan in the late 80s to see the family.
article_snippet.sent: According to Ms Shah's mother account, Ms Shah's mother escaped that relationship in 1992 before going back to college in Britain.