Reform UK's Olympic boxing champion mayor has gone to war with staff over claims they are 'blocking' his agenda.

Luke Campbell, who won gold for Team GB at the 2012 Olympics, is embroiled in a vicious row at Hull and East Yorkshire combined authority.

The 37-year-old pugilist-turned-politician reportedly demanded five staff at the council to resign last week over the internal stand-off.

Mr Campbell, who was elected as the regional inaugural mayoral contest in May, claims workers have been deliberately undermining his work to roll out his policies.

He has accused civil servants - who were reportedly working from home - of trying to 'get paid a fortune and do as little as possible'.