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.

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

British-Nigerian author Nels Abbey said his original comments had been "clearly satirical" and "intended as a sketch". But some Tory politicians want Sir Keir Starmer to take action against Labour's Dawn Butler.

Sir Keir Starmer has said a Labour MP ‘shouldn’t have said what she did’ after she shared a tweet linking Kemi Badenoch with ‘white supremacy in Blackface’ as appalling. Dawn Butler is understood to have quickly removed her retweet of the post from Nigerian-British author Nels Abbey,

Labour MP’s ‘white supremacy’ retweet about Badenoch ‘appalling’ – Cooper - Sir Keir Starmer has faced calls to remove the whip from Dawn Butler after she appeared to repost a tweet about the new 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 said Dawn Butler “shouldn’t have said what she did” as he faced demands to strip her of the whip over the “abhorrent” remarks.

Reform's Lee Anderson hit out at a Labour MP after she shared a tweet describing Kemi Badenoch as representing "white supremacy in blackface". Dawn Butler retweeted a post from Nigerian-British author Nels Abbey which branded Ms Badenoch's election as the new Tory leader as a "victory for racism".