Tories act after councillor's 'unacceptable' remarks

The Conservative Party has begun action to suspend a councillor over "totally unacceptable" comments about immigrant children.

Councillor John Cherry claimed Pakistani children would fail to "rise to the top" and some nationalities were "uncertain" what hard work is about.

The Chichester councillor was responding to proposals by a south London academy to open an Eton-style boarding school in West Sussex.

A Tory source said: "Proceedings to suspend him have begun".