Nigel Farage has U-turned on his claim that parliament officials had advised him not to have in-person constituency surgeries for security reasons. The Reform UK leader told LBC last month that Commons speaker Lindsay Hoyle’s office and the parliamentary security team had warned him about the potential threat to his personal safety.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage backed down when he was asked who was lying over claims he'd been told not to hold constituency surgeries because of security concerns

Farage U-turns on claim he was told not to hold face-to-face surgeries over security concerns - Mr Farage was asked if he had lied about not being allowed to hold face-to-face constituency surgeries

Farage backtracks on claim security advice blocks him from constituency surgery - Nigel Farage said the Speaker’s Office was ‘always right’ after it denied advising him not to hold in-person surgeries in his Clacton constituency.