Key Facts

• The Metropolitan Police said it received a number of allegations of non-recent serious sexual offences involving David Walliams.
• The police said the allegations under investigation are separate from claims reported earlier by ITV News and The Guardian.
• Detectives are also reviewing that earlier reporting to see whether it provides evidence of offences.
• Walliams said he was not a sexual predator and had not broken the law.
• The government granted planning permission for accommodation for more than 1,200 asylum seekers at a former military site near Piddington, Oxfordshire.
• The government said it would continue engaging with the community and that no final decision on the site had been taken.
• Reform UK said it does not comment on security matters after The Guardian asked about Nigel Farage charging security costs to the party.
• Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice said his intervention on cryptocurrency regulation was consistent with his longstanding support for financial deregulation.