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One of the vice chairs of the Tory Party has been slammed for claiming Islamophobia allegations against members of the party are "politically motivated".

Britain's biggest Muslim organisation has demanded an independent inquiry.

It comes after multiple allegations made against Tory MPs and councillors as well as Boris Johnson's burka comments.

And former Tory party chair Baroness Warsi has backed calls for a full-blown inquiry.

But rising star Tory MP Kemi Badenoch said the complaints were fuelled by a "political motive".

Ms Badenoch told Sky News' Sophy Ridge on Sunday programme: "I don't think that the Muslim Council of Britain is an organisation that would look very favourably on the Conservative party anyway so I think there is probably a political motive there."

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Labour MP Wes Streeting fumed: “For crying out loud. Concern about the Tories’ approach to tackling Islamophobia is widely felt and deeply felt within the Muslim community.

“This sort of dismissal and deflection is the same rubbish I hear within the Labour Party about anti-Semitism.”

Miqdaad Versi, a spokesman for the MCB, added that it was “disappointing” that Ms Badenoch had attacked the group for “standing up for concerns of Muslim communities”.

Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell said all parties needed to step up when it came to allegations of racism.

Asked about the Metropolitan's Police decision to investigate a dossier of allegations of anti-Semitic hatred in the Labour Party, Mr McDonnell said he was "pleased" the force was taking that step.

"I don't say this in a party political way," he said.

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"Every political party if they identify anti-Semitism or other forms of racism we've got to absolutely be ruthless about addressing it."

He added: "Baroness Warsi has raised this issue of Islamophobia in the Conservative Party and I just want to say words of advice to them - do what we're doing now, have a full investigation, deal with those things which are reported to you and, of course, if there's a crime get the police involved. "

Earlier Ms Badenoch contradicted the Baroness Warsi saying she disagreed "completely" with her.

She said: "We take every single allegation of Islamophobia seriously and where we do find party members or people who hold positions in local government doing things, we suspend them, we investigate them …"

When challenged, she added: "I don't think that the Muslim Council of Britain is an organisation that would look very favourably on the Conservative party anyway so I think there is probably a political motive there."