Rishi Sunak has denied that the Conservative Party has Islamophobic tendencies after comments made by fellow MP Lee Anderson.

Mr Anderson was suspended after failing to apologise for his claims that “Islamists” had “got control” of Sadiq Khan and London.

Mr Sunak said: “Lee’s comments weren’t acceptable, they were wrong. And that’s why he had the whip suspended.

“Words matter, especially in the current environment where tensions are running high and I think it’s incumbent on all of us to choose them carefully.”