Tory MP criticised after demanding legally settled families be deported

Katie Lam told the Sunday Times that a lot of people in the UK should have their right to stay revoked. Photograph: Jacob King/PA

A Conservative MP tipped as a future party leader has been condemned for saying large numbers of legally settled families must be deported, in order to ensure the UK is mostly “culturally coherent”.

The Tory leader, Kemi Badenoch, has been urged to condemn the comments by Katie Lam, a Home Office shadow minister and a whip for the party. Lam was previously a special adviser to Boris Johnson and is often described as a rising star of the new intake.