Farage’s Reform UK calls for election watchdog to investigate undercover sting

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has reported Channel 4 to the elections watchdog, claiming the broadcaster used an actor as a “plant” in its undercover investigation into his campaign.

The broadcaster has denied that Andrew Parker, who was filmed using a racial slur to describe Rishi Sunak, was paid by or known to Channel 4 News before the expose on Mr Farage’s UK general election campaign in the constituency of Clacton.

But Reform, in a letter to the Electoral Commission, said it was “wholly...