A Conservative MP has been accused of giving a platform to bigots by sharing a story from an anti-Muslim website on his Facebook page.

Bob Blackman shared a story titled “Muslim Somali sex gang say raping white British children ‘part of their culture’ ” late on Sunday night but had deleted it by yesterday morning. He has apologised for his “error” in posting the piece from the anti-Muslim website Hardcore News USA.

Mr Blackman has previously been accused of condoning extremism after retweeting a message on Twitter by Tommy Robinson, the far-right leader, and hosting Tapan Ghosh, an Indian Hindu nationalist, in parliament. Mr Ghosh has called for the UN to control the birth rate of Muslims and praised the genocide of Rohingya Muslims