A community centre in Norfolk's "poshest town" has admitted political reasons were behind its decision to cancel Reform UK's local branch meeting.

Holt Community Centre, which faced fury from Reform bigwigs over its decision, confirmed the partisan nature of its decision after initially axing the booking "without explanation".

In a statement, the centre's committee said: "As a registered charity and local community centre, we need to be seen to be independent, non-party political and non-sectarian.

"We, therefore, do not hire out meeting space for political party meetings.

"In this instance, the fact that this was a political party meeting was not declared on the original booking form and when this fact came to light the event had to be cancelled. All political parties are treated in the same way."