Robert Jenrick Tries To Turn The Tables On The Media Amid Anger Over 'No White Faces' Remark

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/68e4c788180000def25d1393.png?cache=RsWygDt2Rf&ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Kamali Melbourne and Robert Jenrick" data-caption="Kamali Melbourne and Robert Jenrick" data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="Sky News" />Kamali Melbourne and Robert Jenrick</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p><a href="news/robert-jenrick" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Robert Jenrick</a> bizarrely blamed journalists for fuelling division in the UK amid anger at his claim there are not enough “white faces” in one part of Birmingham.</p><p>A leaked recording revealed the shadow justice secretary expressed concern over the lack of integration in Handsworth.</p><p>According to <a role="link" href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/06/robert-jenrick-complained-of-not-seeing-another-white-face-in-handsworth-birmingham" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-vars-item-name="The Guardian" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-unit-name="68e4a899e4b05e212f214fff" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" data-vars-target-content-id="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/06/robert-jenrick-complained-of-not-seeing-another-white-face-in-handsworth-birmingham" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-subunit-name="article_body" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-position-in-subunit="2">The Guardian</a>, he 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.</p><p>“But the other thing I noticed there was that it was one of the wor