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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor

Lib Dems call for Kemi Badenoch to sack Robert Jenrick over ‘divisive comments’

Kemi Badenoch, right, sits next to Robert Jenrick, on the day she was announced as the new leader of Britain's Conservative party
Kemi Badenoch, right, has defended Robert Jenrick, left, over comments he made about people who are ethnically Pakistani. Photograph: Mina Kim/Reuters

The Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, should sack Robert Jenrick for “divisive comments,” the Lib Dems have said, after the shadow justice minister doubled down on his comments about immigrants with “alien cultures”.

Jenrick was challenged repeatedly on Tuesday morning for having failed to act on the outcome of an inquiry into grooming gangs while he was in the Home Office, despite now demanding one, and for rarely mentioning the issue in the House of Commons until this year.

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