Labour chair says Reform deputy leader is trying to harass journalists over reporting on his financial affairs
Richard Tice has been accused by Labour’s Bridget Phillipson of mounting a “deeply chilling attempt to silence the free press” after he sent a legal threat to the Guardian over its reporting on his financial affairs.
Lawyers for Tice, the deputy leader of Reform UK, singled out a Guardian correspondent for her journalism about a series of Tice’s financial transactions that were referred to the National Crime Agency.
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This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Rowena Mason Whitehall editor.
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