Susan Hall described the celebration of Caribbean culture as ‘dangerous’ and said there were ‘problems with crime’ in the black community

The Conservative mayoral candidate for London has been criticised for saying the “dangerous” Notting Hill carnival should be moved and claiming there was a “problem with crime” in the black community.

David Lammy said it was “astonishing” that someone running to be the capital’s mayor had expressed such “offensive views”.

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