Reform councillor apologises after posing with Jimmy Savile campaign poster

A Reform UK councillor who was pictured posed with a campaign poster endorsing serial rapist Jimmy Savile has apologised after facing heavy backlash.

​Lilian Rogers, who is a member of Wigan Council in Greater Manchester, was pictured while campaigning for the Makerfield by-election with a resident, whose homemade sign read: “I would rather vote for Jimmy Savile than Labour.”