Charity watchdog to criticise ‘intimidation’ after Farage calls for prosecution of groups helping asylum seekers – UK politics live

Charity commissioner to use speech to say there is a difference between ‘heated discussion’ and harassment or abuse Reform leader Nigel Farage has postponed a major announcement that was due to take place in Essex this morning after an ITV investigation aired last night showing party councillors and election candidates making graphic threats of extreme violence and expressing racist and misogynistic views. Three councillors have already stood down from the party, which said it was conducting an investigation over the first revelations from the ITV undercover investigation. More are expected from the undercover filming of senior Reform politicians and officials working at its UK headquarters. Continue reading...

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