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Kemi Badenoch has said there was “nothing wrong” with Robert Jenrick’s “not another white face” comments, insisting he was just making an observation.

The shadow justice secretary was criticised for comments where he claimed he “didn’t see another white face” during a visit to Birmingham earlier this year.

He made the comments after a 90-minute visit to Handsworth, Birmingham, in March, adding “that’s not the kind of country I want to live in”, Th

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