Leading anti-Brexit figure Gina Miller has taken a swipe at news organisations for “putting the best interests of their owners first” as she delivered an award for broadcast journalism last night.

Miller rose to fame after issuing a legal challenge against the Government to give Parliament a vote on whether the Prime Minister could trigger Article 50 to take Britain out of the European Union.

She spoke at a ceremony for the Charles Wheeler Award for Outstanding Contribution to Broadcast Journalism, held at the University of Westminster in London, which was awarded to Channel 4’s Michael Crick.