Labour reports Farage’s alleged hack to security officials after he fails to do so

Nigel Farage initially claimed he was given the money to cover security costs. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

Labour has reported the alleged hacking of Nigel Farage’s phone to police and government cybersecurity officials after the Reform UK leader failed to do so himself.

The Labour chair, Anna Turley, has asked the Metropolitan police and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to investigate Farage’s claims that his phone was compromised by hostile actors linked to Russia.