Uk Independence Party

Mote sentenced to five years for European Parliament expenses fraud

Africans sleeping near border ‘must be handled by Italy’, says French interior minister

Tory leader may attempt to broker deal with DUP and UUP to cushion commons majority

Former Ukip member Mackinlay takes on his former leader in Ramsgate

Excluding largest party in Northern Ireland ‘not acceptable’, says Peter Robinson

The one certain thing seems to be that no single party will be able to win a majority

Question is whether more Tories will jump in case they fall to Ukip surge in May

Just 600 votes kept Ukip out of a seat in Heywood

Ukip’s John Bickley just 627 votes behind Labour’s Liz McInnes in Heywood and Middleton

Signals for Clegg’s party, after four years in government, are not good

Farage awaits disenchanted Labour as well as Conservative MPs

Manchester Letter: Heywood and Middleton could be worst place in England for Labour

With more than 400 of 462 seats declared the two largest parties have 213 seats

The party’s effort to combat allegations of racism descend into chaos

PM says he would not lead a minority government if plebiscite not guaranteed

Crop-picking and food plants have lured migrants to stay in the Cambridgeshire town of Wisbech, where a third of residents are from outsidethe UK

Silvester prayed for healing of gay people and said legalising same-sex marriage caused floods

Silvester says ‘natural disasters’ are due to Cameron acting ‘against gospel’ with law

Centrist Tories insist there is a deal that can keep the UK in the EU

The party will not lack funding to fight next year’s European elections

London Letter: shire Tories feel their views are being ignored by the prime minister

Gap between pay and prices leaves many trapped by poverty, former minister Alan Milburn’s commission has found