Mr Farage addresses the controversy over a Reform canvasser who was caught making a racial slur about Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in an undercover investigation.

A Reform UK candidate has disowned the party and is backing the Conservatives amid a row over racism.

Liam Booth-Isherwood, who was standing in the seat of Erewash, announced he was dropping out of the race and would instead be endorsing the Tory contender Maggie Throup to “stop Labour”.

He said he had become “increasingly disillusioned” with the behaviour of the party and accused leader Nigel Farage of not taking it seriously.

Reform candidate quits and backs Tories – as Nigel Farage says some BNP supporters ‘gravitate’ to his party, Sky News