Parliament doesn't need 'more Vladimir Putin apologists' like Nigel Farage, a Cabinet minister said today as he dismissed Reform UK's call for peerages.
John Healey, the Defence Secretary, sparked a furious political row as he referred to Mr Farage's past comments about the Russian leader.
It came after Mr Farage wrote to Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to demand he be allowed to nominate some Reform peers to the House of Lords for the first time.
The Reform leader hit out at a 'democratic disparity' that sees his party have no representation in Parliament's unelected upper chamber.
This is despite Reform having four MPs and controlling a slew of local councils.
