Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has said she strongly disagrees with a tweet that a backbench MP appeared to have reposted saying Kemi Badenoch represents "white supremacy in blackface".

Senior Labour figures have raised alarm that the lack of black staff members at the heart of government is a 'serious embarrassment'.

New Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has announced that her former leadership rivals Robert Jenrick and Priti Patel will be in her Shadow Cabinet.

Nigel Farage has told LBC that Kemi Badenoch is "the continuity candidate" for the Conservatives and claimed that his party's membership has spiked since she was elected.