Britain must stop pretending integration is working, Tory leadership candidate Kemi Badenoch has insisted, following a series of violent clashes after the Southport stabbings.
The former business secretary - considered one of the front runners to lead her party - argued there had been a “culture of silence” on the effects of immigration.Speaking to The Daily Telegraph, where she committed her party to "speak the truth" if she is elected leader, Ms Badenoch said we "can't just pretend" that there are no tensions between ethnic minorities and white British people.
Sunderland and Liverpool saw violence on Friday night, with protesters gathering outside Downing Street on Thursday.Ms Badenoch is contending the leadership alongside James Cleverly, Tom Tugendhat, Robert Jenrick, Dame Priti Patel and Mel Stride.Mr Jenrick has committed to reviving the Rwanda scheme if he became Tory leader and said he would be "open to" a cap restricting immigration to less than 10,000 people a year.
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