Early Life
Huq was born in Hammersmith, London, England to Sunni Muslim Bangladeshi parents who had emigrated to England in the 1960s. She grew up in Ealing, London, with her two elder sisters, Rupa and Nutun. She was educated at Notting Hill & Ealing High School in London and left school with 9 GCSEs and A-levels in Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry. Despite having studied the sciences for her A-Levels, she chose to read economics and graduated with a 2:1 from Robinson College in Cambridge.
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