Ruth Davidson is to appear on Have I Got News for You next week, it has emerged after she urged the BBC to invite her to compete on Strictly Come Dancing.

The Scottish Tory leader has accepted an invitation to appear as a panellist on the satirical quiz show alongside team captains Paul Merton and Ian Hislop. The broadcast will coincide with the middle day of the SNP conference in Glasgow.

It will be the second time she has appeared on the BBC One show after making her debut in October last year and comes after she became a well-known political figure across the UK during the EU referendum campaign.