A charity has been forced to deny Nigel Farage's claims that swans are being eaten by eastern Europeans in London's Royal Parks.

The Reform UK leader had accused migrants living in the UK of taking both carp and swans - a protected species - from ponds in Britain's Royal Parks and killing them.

He said: "If I said to you that swans were being eaten in Royal Parks in this country, that carp were being taken out of ponds and eaten in this country by people who come from cultures that have a different... would you agree it happened, is happening here?"

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Asked who he believes is doing this, Mr Farage told LBC it was "people who come from countries where it's quite acceptable to do so".

Pressed on whether it was eastern Europeans,

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