Mail on Sunday editor rejects meeting with Speaker over Angela Rayner story

David Dillon had been called to a meeting with Sir Lindsay Hoyle after running a story widely condemned as sexist

The Mail on Sunday's editor has rejected a meeting with the House of Commons speaker after a story that accused Angela Rayner of distracting" Boris Johnson with her legs.

Sir Lindsay Hoyle had called the newspaper's editor, David Dillon, to a meeting after it ran the story, which has been widely condemned as sexist by MPs of all political parties and prompted discussion about misogyny in Westminster.