Rishi Sunak says Lee Anderson’s comments were ‘not acceptable’ but denies Tory party has Islamophobic tendencies– UK politics live

Prime minister is giving interviews to local stations in Yorkshire where he is chairing his cabinet meeting this morning

Sunak’s line on Lee Anderson was broadly the same as Oliver Dowden’s yesterday. He did not get pressed on some of outstanding questions relating to this as yet unanswered, and is now being asked about the transport announcement for the north of England – the main reason for the interview.

Georgey Spanswick is interviewing Rishi Sunak on Radio York.