Nigel Farage has said he is not interested in receiving a peerage after Ukip's only MP was accused of trying to deny him a knighthood.

Douglas Carswell’s future is in doubt after Mr Farage and other senior Ukip figures called on him to quit over his alleged attempts to prevent Mr Farage from being awarded an honour.

He faces a formal investigation into whether he did, which could result in his membership of the party being cancelled.