Calls have been for Nigel Farage to be hauled in front of the MPs to face questions about Reform UK’s “assault on the free press” after the party threatened to banThe Independent from attending events if it did not change a critical story.
It comes afterThe Independent’s political editor David Maddox reported that he had taken calls from a member of Reform’s leadership and an aide to Mr Farage warning that the publication would be banned from all events if it did not alter its coverage.