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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Margaret Davis

Reform UK presses ahead with bid for private prosecution over airport fracas

Nigel Farage (Ben Birchall/PA) - (PA Wire)

Prosecutors say they are still “considering material” over a disturbance at Manchester Airport as Reform UK confirmed it is pressing ahead with plans to bring a private prosecution against two men accused of attacking police officers.

Nigel Farage said on Monday that the party, which threatened to take action in October, would make the legal application after hearing “nothing” back from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) about the case.

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