Mrs Badenoch kicked off the annual Tory conference in Manchester with a pledge to leave the ECHR.

The Irish band said a video extract had been deliberately taken out of context.

The Tory leader met members of the Jackson family as she visited the Fairview dairy farm near Bangor in Co Down.

The band had claimed they were discriminated against on grounds of nationality and political opinion.

Nigel Farage said there is ‘little prospect’ of him joining the Conservatives under Rishi Sunak but did not rule out a return to frontline politics

An Oireachtas committee is assessing the implications of the UK Illegal Migration Act on the Good Friday Agreement.