BBC News at Ten presenter Huw Edwards has been accused of bias after liking tweets supporting Labour policies and mocking the Conservatives.

The 58-year-old veteran broadcaster has had his impartiality questioned after he clicked the love heart icon on Twitter underneath a tweet about the NHS.

He also liked two other tweets in which others were mocking senior Tories such as Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Health Secretary Matt Hancock.

Huw Edwards (pictured above) liked a number of tweets which seemed to favour the Labour party

One of the tweets Edwards liked (pictured above) urged people to vote Labour for the National Health Service

Edwards also liked a tweet from Susanna Reid (above) where she criticised Matt Hancock

The NHS tweet was posted by the GMB union to urge people to vote Labour. It was also tweeted by Rob Delaney - which is the version Edwards had liked.

It had included a video about the first baby born on the NHS, and claimed the NHS was 'on the table in this election'.

The Welsh newsreader defended his Twitter use and said: 'Yeah I liked a tweet which seemed to be a celebration of our wonderful NHS – apologies for not watching right to the end. But apologise for supporting the NHS? Never'.

He also previously liked a tweet from The Secret Barrister, which said Mr Johnson had copied his blog post and passed it off as his own work.

Another tweet Edwards liked was from the Secret Barrister which outed Boris Johnson as having copied his work

Edwards defended his tweets and said he would never apologise for supporting the NHS

He was also found to have liked a tweet from Good Morning Britain host Susanna Reid, which had been criticising health secretary Matt Hancock.

Edwards is paid £490,000 by the BBC and Conservative MP David Davis has now slammed the news reader, telling The Sun that BBC staff should 'keep their political opinions to themselves'.

Edwards will be presenting the General Election show on the BBC next week and Mr Davis added that Edwards had previously been professional with him, but claimed he has had a 'disappointing lapse of judgement'.

He added: 'He knows the BBC's highly salaried members should keep their political opinions to themselves.'

It comes after a row which saw Naga Mucnhetty being suspending after the BBC received complaints about her comments on Donald Trump.

The BBC's guidelines state that news staff should not 'state or reveal publically how they vote of express support for a political party'.

It also says that they are also unable to express views for or against policies which are matters of current debates between parties.

It adds that staff should also not 'advocate any particular position on a matter of public policy, political or industrial controversy, or any other 'controversial subject'.'

The BBC claimed that 'likes and retweets are not the same as endorsements'. MailOnline has contacted the BBC for comment.