Anti-Islam influencer Valentina Gomez has been blocked from entering the UK by the Home Secretary.

She was due to speak at the Unite the Kingdom rally next month organised by Tommy Robinson, and had been given permission to enter via a UK electronic travel authorisation (ETA), according to her X account.

But after a backlash from MPs and campaign groups, the Government has intervened because her presence would not be conducive to the public good, it is understood.

Shabana Mahmood used the same justification for blocking rapper Kanye West from entering earlier this month.

The Gold Digger rapper, now known as Ye, has used Nazi imagery and faced accusations of antisemitism.

Ms Gomez was excluded from the UK on the grounds that the democratic right to expression does not extend to promoting hatred and extremism, it understood.

The Home Secretary has the power to cancel a person’s permission to enter or stay in the UK.

US-based Ms Gomez reportedly gained notoriety through a series of anti-Islam stunts including burning a copy of the Koran and vowing to rid Texas of the religion if she was in power.

Last week, Homelessness charity Centrepoint said it had cut ties with Sharon Osbourne after she expressed support for the Unite the Kingdom rally on May 16.

Its previous protest in September, which Ms Gomez is said to have spoken at, was attended by between 110,000 and 150,000 people.