What next for Gregg Wallace? Rather than laying low and riding out accusations of impropriety from his Kent mansion, the embattled MasterChef host has instead decided to go to war with the “middle class women of a certain age” who have had the gall to report him.

The British government’s culture secretary has held talks with the BBC as the broadcaster comes under growing scrutiny after one of its TV hosts drew an angry backlash for dismissing sexual misconduct