Keir Starmer urged to sack extremism adviser over alleged conflicts of interest

Campaigners say John Woodcock has commercial interest in organisations whose clients were targeted by protesters

Pressure is growing on Labour to sack John Woodcock as the government's adviser on extremism after civil society campaigners filed official complaints alleging multiple conflicts of interest.

The Good Law Project and Compassion in Politics sent the Lords commissioner for standards a dossier of evidence they claim shows [Woodcock] has a commercial interest in organisations whose clients have been targeted by the very protesters whose activities he seeks to ban".