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Minister must apologise over Savile claim, says Farage

Minister Peter Kyle claims that by opposing online safety laws the Reform UK leader is siding with sex offenders.

Nigel Farage has urged Technology Secretary Peter Kyle to "do the right thing and apologise" after he suggested that by opposing the government's online safety law, the Reform UK leader was on the side of sex offenders like Jimmy Savile. Savile was a BBC TV personality who presented shows such as Top of the Pops and Jim'll Fix It but after his death it emerged he had been one of the UK's most prolific sexual predators, using his celebrity status to target children and young people. Conservative MP Katie Lam also questioned the law after the social media platform X blocked users who had not verified their age from viewing a clip of her speaking in Parliament about grooming gangs.

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