Have I Got News For You pulled after Change UK leader Heidi Allen booked as guest

The BBC say the decision was taken because it was "inappropriate" to have Ms Allen appear ahead of the European elections.

Friday's episode of Have I Got News For You was pulled moments before it was due to air over fears it would breach election impartiality rules.

The BBC said the decision was taken because it was "inappropriate" to have Change UK leader Heidi Allen as a guest on the comedy quiz show ahead of the European elections.

In a tweet just 20 minutes before the programme was due to air on BBC One, Have I Got News For You's official account said: "Sorry everyone. The BBC have pulled tonight's edition of #HIGNFY - no, we didn't book Danny Baker.

"We booked Heidi Allen, a member of a party no-one knows the name of (not even the people in it), because the Euro elections, which nobody wants, may or may not be happening. Sorry."

The BBC said the episode, featuring regular panellists Ian Hislop and Paul Merton, will be broadcast "at a later date".

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