Overview

• In an LBC interview, Nigel Farage alleged swans and carp are being taken from parks by people from different cultures and said he believes Eastern Europeans, including Romanians, are responsible.
• The Royal Parks charity said it has received no reports of people killing or eating swans across London’s eight Royal Parks and noted its wildlife officers monitor swan welfare.
• Clips circulating on social media, including videos shared by Turning Point UK, have not established that swans were stolen or eaten.
• Farage declined to reject Donald Trump’s disputed claim linking paracetamol use in pregnancy to autism, saying the science is never settled, after also defending Trump’s earlier assertions about migrants eating pets.
• Health secretary Wes Streeting and Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Helen Morgan condemned Farage’s remarks as irresponsible and anti-science.