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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Rhiannon James

Robert Jenrick criticised over ‘didn’t see another white face’ comment

Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick (Danny Lawson/PA) - (PA Wire)

People of colour should not have to “justify their Britishness” to Robert Jenrick, Labour has said, as the party criticised leaked comments reportedly made by the shadow justice secretary in March.

Mr Jenrick had said he “didn’t see another white face” during a 90-minute visit to Handsworth, Birmingham earlier this year, before adding “that’s not the kind of country I want to live in”, the Guardian reported.

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