Max Clifford's family have claimed he was denied medical treatment after the disgraced PR guru died having collapsed in his prison cell.

The 74 year-old was said to be "in a bad way" after falling twice at the Cambridgeshire jail where he was serving an eight-year sentence for historical sex offences.

The Ministry of Justice confirmed that Clifford, who had been ill since suffering a heart attack in August, died in hospital on Sunday after a cardiac arrest.

Clifford’s daughter Louise, who appeared in court as a witness for her father's defence, has alleged that she had been fighting for medical treatment alongside her father’s legal team and doctor, but without success.

The 46 year-old said: “It is with great sadness that I must announce that my father Max Clifford passed away.