Farage claim that police drove protesters to demo is not true – senior officer

Police outside the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, during a protest (Yui Mok/ PA) - (PA Wire)

The Chief Constable of Essex Police has denied that officers drove counter-protesters to a demonstration outside a hotel housing asylum seekers after claims made by Nigel Farage.

The Reform UK leader called for the resignation of Chief Constable Ben-Julian Harrington in a post on X.