Home Secretary Yvette Cooper stressed people should be welcoming Ms Badenoch breaking a glass ceiling to become Tory leader

Sir Keir Starmer has slapped down a Labour MP who shared a post that accused Kemi Badenoch of representing “white supremacy in blackface”.The Prime Minister insisted Dawn Butler “shouldn’t have said what she did” as he faced demands to strip her of the whip over the “abhorrent” remarks.

Yvette Cooper has condemned a social media post shared by Labour MP Dawn Butler describing Kemi Badenoch as “white supremacy in black face”.The home secretary described it as “clearly appalling” amid calls for the backbencher to be stripped of the Labour whip.