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 Robert Jenrick, one of the final two candidates to become the next leader of the Conservative Party, is speaking to Sky News this morning.

There is just over a week left in the contest to be the next Tory top dog.

The former Home Office minister was asked for his opinion on Chris Kaba and the related trial of the police officer who shot him.

This comes in the wake of Kaba’s criminal history being made public and the officer being cleared of murder.

Mr Jenrick branded comments from wrapper Wretch 32 that Kaba was assassinated a “conspiracy theory”.

He went on: “Chris Kaba was on a one man crime spree. 

“He was stabbing. He was shooting. He was committing criminality on our streets. 

“London is a safer place without this man.”

Asked about concerns with how police deal with different communities, Mr Jenrick said he doesn’t want there to be “different communities in our country” – instead saying the law should be enforced without fear or favour.

He criticised London Mayor Sadiq Khan for “mourning” Kaba – saying no one should mourn the death of the 23-year-old.

Asked if he had sympathy for Kaba’s mother, Mr Jenrick said: “We all feel sympathy for mums, for dads, for family members when somebody dies. 

“But this is an individual who was a bad person. He was committing serious crimes. He was a gangster. 

“London is a better place without him.”

Labour not ‘telling people they’re not allowed to vape’

One story that emerged overnight was that Labour plans to ban the sale of single use vapes from summer next year.

Asked about the measure, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy says: “It’s not that we’re telling people that they’re not allowed to vape, but we have been increasingly concerned, particularly about the number of children [taking up vaping].”

She adds: “The number of children who have taken up vaping has tripled in the last three years – and also single use vapes in particular are causing a lot of problems for the environment.”

Ms Nandy says it is for these reasons that single use vapes will be banned from mid-2025.

She says the move has “been broadly welcomed by a lot of people”.

“We hope that it will help to break this cycle where children are getting into the habit of vaping at younger and younger ages.”