Farage criticises ‘disgraceful’ rhetoric after alleged attack on Reform council leader

George Finch said his alleged assailant was ‘wound up and sent into battle’ by Labour and the Green party. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA

The Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage, has criticised “disgraceful” rhetoric from the Labour and Green parties after the UK’s youngest council leader was allegedly assaulted.

George Finch, 19, the Reform leader of Warwickshire county council,said he was called a “racist” and a “fascist” before being allegedly assaulted on Friday.