United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP)

THE chairman of Clacton's Ukip branch is pleading for election candidates to come forward… after losing more than 14 councillors to defections and resignations in two years. Mary Newton said the Eurosceptic party still hopes to win back people disillusioned with the party despite a tumultuous year that ...

The ousted former leader of the UK Independence Party, Henry Bolton, says he is setting up a new political party. Mr Bolton, who was voted out last month at a meeting of UKIP members, said his new party would "campaign unceasingly for our full independence from the EU". He said "there is an urgent ...

UKIP's former leader, Nigel Farage, was one of the first to congratulate his Italian “colleagues” on the poll results. “Congratulations to my colleagues in the European Parliament, Five-Star Movement, for topping the poll tonight,” the anti-EU MEP wrote, retweeting a video posted by the Five Star Movement ...

... comeback to halt Corbyn's BREXIT BLOCK. NIGEL FARAGE has vowed to return to politics if Brexit does not happen and accused Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn of colluding with Brussels over his U-turn on a customs union. By Camilla Tominey. PUBLISHED: 00:01, Sun, Mar 4, 2018 | UPDATED: 15:29, Sun, Mar 4, 2018 ...

UKIP has had a loose grip on the council since it won 33 seats three years ago due to a flurry of defections amid the almost permanent row over Manston. But the tipping point came a fortnight ago when 12 members out of 24 formed a group to protest Mr Wells' abandoned pledge to re-open Manston.

The only UKIP county councillor in Britain has described the party as a "sinking ship". Alan Hosker, who sits on Lancashire County Council, spoke out after ousted leader Henry Bolton quit insisting he is not a "private racist". Mr Bolton was forced out as party leader after his partner Jo Marney sent racist ...

The former Ukip leader Henry Bolton, deposed by the party at the weekend following his relationship with a younger model who had sent racist online messages, remains in a relationship with her, he has said. On Saturday, Bolton was removed as Ukip's third permanent leader since Nigel Farage left the ...

Ukip has been edged closer to financial ruin after a judge ruled the party must contribute towards a £660,000 legal bill following a defamation action brought against one of its MEPs by three Labour MPs. Last year, Jane Collins was successfully sued by Sarah Champion, Sir Kevin Barron and John Healey, ...

UKIP has lost control of its only local authority after Thanet District Council voted for a new Conservative leader. Last week Chris Wells resigned as council leader when 12 of UKIP's 25 councillors set up an independent group in a row over the Manston Airport site. A meeting was held on Thursday for all ...