Kemi Badenoch has defended Robert Jenrick over his comments saying he "didn't see another white face" during a 90-minute visit to Handsworth in Birmingham.The Conservative leader told BBC Breakfast: "Given that it's The Guardian, I think I'm going to take some of that with a pinch of salt. They haven't always been the most accurate newspaper."But the fact is, these are recordings out of context. I don't know what was being discussed before he said that."

Kemi Badenoch has defended Robert Jenrick over his comments saying he "didn't see another white face" during a 90-minute visit to Handsworth in Birmingham.The Conservative leader told BBC Breakfast: "Given that it's The Guardian, I think I'm going to take some of that with a pinch of salt. They haven't always been the most accurate newspaper."But the fact is, these are recordings out of context. I don't know what was being discussed before he said that."