A presenter on LBC clashed with Priti Patel after she defended Robert Jenrick for complaining about not seeing another “white face” during a 90-minute visit to Birmingham.

The shadow justice secretary sparked a furious row when a leaked recording of his remarks to a Conservative Party dinner were revealed by The Guardian.

Jenrick said: “I went to Handsworth in Birmingham the other day to do a video on litter and it was absolutely appalling. It’s as close as I’ve come to a slum in this country.

“But the other thing I noticed there was that it was one of the worst integrated places I’ve ever been to. In fact, in the hour and a half I was filming news there I didn’t see another white face.”

Although he was defended by Kemi Badenoch, shadow chancellor Mel Stride said “they are no

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