Whittingdale urges Vote Leave to complain to Ofcom

Culture Secretary John Whittingdale has said he does not think ITV's Cameron-Farage EU referendum event is "fair" - and urged Vote Leave to lodge a formal complaint with Ofcom.

Speaking to ITV News' national editor Allegra Stratton, Mr Whittingdale said if campaigners felt the line-up for the June 7 broadcast was "unbalanced" then they ought to complain.

It comes after Vote Leave criticised the broadcaster for featuring a Q&A event with David Cameron and Nigel Farage, instead of somebody from the official Vote Leave campaign.

"If I they think that this is unbalanced, and I have to say it does not look fair to me, then yes they should certainly make a complaint," he said.

"But I'm not speaking as Secretary of State, I'm speaking as somebody who supports the Vote Leave campaign.

"I do think it looks very odd if the representative of the argument for leaving is not somebody from the official campaign, and therefore I think the official Vote Leave campaign would be entitled to make that point to a regulator."