Badenoch unlikely to apologise in Reform numbers row, suggests shadow minister

Nigel Farage held up a phone displaying the number of Reform UK party members whilst speaking at his party’s East of England conference at Chelmsford City Racecourse in Essex (Yui Mok/PA) - (PA Wire)

Kemi Badenoch is not likely to apologise after she accused Reform UK of publishing a “fake” membership count online, the shadow home secretary has suggested.

Asked whether the Conservative leader will say sorry for a row about the ticker showing rising Reform membership, Chris Philp told Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips on Sky News: “I don’t think so.”