Suella Braverman has said some immigrants are 'not embracing British values' and are living 'parallel lives' to the rest of the country.
The Home Secretary, who has attracted criticism for suggesting multiculturalism has 'failed', said she would be 'fearless' in identifying problems with integration.
She said there are 'many towns and cities' where people from abroad are not learning English and 'not taking part in British life'.
She made the comments on Bolton a week after she made a speech in the US when she attacked the 'misguided dogma' of multiculturalism, saying it had 'failed'. READ MORE Man dies after police incident closes section of M60 READ MORE The gangsters from Yorkshire who brought terror to Moss Side's Caribbean Carnival Rishi Sunak declined to back her comments and former home secretary Dame Priti Patel suggested she may have spoken out simply to attract attention.
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