'It makes me hurt and it makes me angry' - Sunak on Reform racism row

Conservative leader Rishi Sunak has hit out at a racist term used about him by a Reform UK campaigner, saying: "It hurts and it makes me angry."

Secret recordings published by Channel 4 show a canvasser working to get Reform UK leader Nigel Farage elected as MP for Clacton using the racial slur to refer to the prime minister - who is of Indian origin.

Mr Sunak said Reform UK's leader Nigel Farage "has some questions to answer".

He also also condemned Mr Farage's previous praise of Andrew Tate as an "important voice" for men.

The prime minister said: "Andrew Tate isn't an important voice for men. He's a vile misogynist. And our politics and country is better than that."

28 June 2024