Badenoch backs Nick Timothy after he calls Islamic public prayers ‘act of domination’

Conservative leader says debate not about freedom of religion, but its expression in shared public space UK politics live – latest updates Kemi Badenoch has backed her shadow justice secretary, Nick Timothy, after he claimed that Islamic prayers taking place in public are intimidating and un-British, with Labour saying the Conservatives had embraced the “gutter” politics of prejudice. The row began after Timothy posted images on social media of prayer at a Ramadan event in London’s Trafalga...

By Peter Walker Senior political correspondent