Reform's Welsh leader says he's had deaths threats and smears since taking job

Reform UK's new leader in Wales says he's been subjected to "death threats and smears" since taking up the post last week.

Dan Thomas said police are investigating "some nasty online threats" against him and his family.

Thomas told The Phone In on BBC Radio Wales that the threats included one to burn down his home with his family inside.

Thomas, who was unveiled by Nigel Farage last week, did not clarify when and where the threats were made. BBC Wales has contacted the police regarding the allegations of death threats.

Thomas told the programme on Tuesday: "There have been some strange people lurking outside the house."

There had been speculation that Thomas lived in Bath in England instead of Wales, but he said: "I wouldn't be allowed to stand for election in Wales if I was living in Bath."

He said he was living in the "south Wales valleys".

"I'm registered to vote in Wales," he said, adding it was "in Caerphilly borough".

He also rejected claims that he has been "parachuted into Wales" saying he was now "living less than a mile away from my childhood home".

"I am a six minute drive from the house I grew up in," he added.