Nigel Farage is refusing to appear on the BBC's Laura Kuennsberg show until he receives an apology for their "dishonest Question Time audience".

BBC Question Time was branded “appalling” after being accused of showing "cynical bias" as the Reform leader faced a grilling from a "ripped audience" less than week before polls open on July 4.

Farage wrote on social media: "I have just been invited to appear on Laura Kuenssberg. I’m refusing until the BBC apologises for their dishonest QT audience.

"Our state broadcaster has behaved like a political actor throughout this election. Reform will be campaigning vigorously to abolish the license fee."