Liz Kendall and Jo Stevens intervene after about 20 people claim they witnessed or were victims of Farage’s behaviour

Cabinet ministers have described detailed and multiple allegations of racism by Nigel Farage as a teenager as “repulsive” and doubled down on Keir Starmer’s call for Farage to address the claims.

Liz Kendall, the secretary for science and innovation and technology, said she was appalled by the descriptions reported by the Guardian.

The Welsh secretary, Jo Stevens, asked how far the Reform leader had changed his views. “People can form their own judgment on what kind of character he is,” Stevens said.

The Guardian has now heard testimony from about 20 individuals who claim they either witnessed or were victims of abusive behaviour by Farage at Dulwich college in the late 1970s and early 1980s