‘No one would do that’: estate agents deny making rude gesture to Kwarteng

Agents in former chancellor's constituency are glad to see him go after his effect on property market

It was one of the more startling claims made over the weekend, in the wake of the sacking of Kwasi Kwarteng. Someone in an estate agent in the then chancellor's constituency reportedly made an obscene gesture" at him through the window, in apparent disgust at the way his mini-budget had tanked the economy.

None of three estate agents on Shepperton High Street in Surrey will admit that someone in their office was responsible for the alleged gesture towards their local MP when he toured local businesses shortly before he was sacked last week.