Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said the Reform UK leader is ‘happy for there to be a free for all on the internet’

Heidi Alexander has doubled down on her fellow Cabinet minister’s claim that Nigel Farage is on the side of “people like Jimmy Savile”. The Reform UK leader is “happy for there to be a free for all on the internet”, the Transport Secretary said, as she defended Peter Kyle’s comments.

A cabinet minister has defended the technology secretary after he claimed Nigel Farage was "on the side" of predators such as Jimmy Savile because of his opposition to online safety laws. Peter Kyle is under fire for his claim that Mr Farage's opposition to the Online Safety Act,