The BBC was last night facing fresh accusations of anti-Brexit bias after warning inflation would hit 3 per cent because of the weak pound.

One furious MP urged the broadcaster to 'correct' its coverage after official figures showed the rise in the cost of living has slowed.

Tory MPs John Redwood hit out at the BBC after listening to its flagship Today Programme on Radio Four yesterday morning.

Introducing the item - aired before ONS figures were published - veteran presenter John Humphrys said: ‘25-years-ago inflation was around 8 per cent and people weren’t terribly worried about it because wages were rising pretty steeply, too.

The BBC has repeatedly faced claims of bias against Brexit (stock photo)

‘Now inflation is rising again. It is still way short of what it was in the 90s, but when the latest figures are announced this morning, they will show it has reached 3 per cent.

‘It is supposed to be no more than about 2 per cent and it is rising and wages are not keeping up. Maybe we should be worried.’

Presenters, including business editor Simon Jack, also blamed the rise in the cost of living on the fall in the value of the pound since the Brexit vote last June.

But when the ONS later revealed that inflation had in fact fallen because of a fall in fuel prices, Mr Redwood demanded a correction.

The Tory MP has long argued that the inflation has been driven by rising oil and commodity prices which have pushed up inflation in countries across Europe – including Germany – as well as in the US.

BBC presenter John Humphrys, pictured left, incorrectly stated that inflation was rising

In a post on his blog, he added: ‘The BBC thinks our inflation rate has risen owing to a decline in the pound – a decline which started in the summer of 2015, not with the Brexit vote.

‘The ONS now confirms in their analysis that the UK inflation rate has risen and now fallen a bit in line with other countries – e.g. US and Euro area – owing to movements in commodity prices.

‘Time for the BBC to catch up with reality.’

Speaking to the Mail last night he added: ‘The BBC’s coverage has been highly selective and always seems to accentuate the negative on Brexit.

‘They tend to blame any bad economic on Brexit, while good economic news is never ascribed to Brexit.’

The BBC has faced repeated accusations of bias in recent months, with some leading political figures suggesting the broadcaster’s coverage of Brexit issues and the General Election was skewed.

The corporation’s head of news James Harding recently held a meeting with a cross-party group of MPs including Labour’s Kate Hoey, Conservative backbencher Philip Davies and DUP’s Iain Paisley Junior who complained about their pro-EU coverage.

A spokesman for the BBC said: ‘BBC News is impartial and reports events in a balanced and accurate way.’