Police in England have launched a murder inquiry after a woman in her 80s was shot dead at a care home.

Ukip is investigating comments about the migrant crisis posted on the Twitter feed of one of its election candidates, which suggested that three-year-old Aylan Kurdi died because “his parents were greedy for the good life in Europe”.

Ukip MP Douglas Carswell has risked the wrath of his party leader by branding the comments made by Nigel Farage about immigrants coming to Britain for free treatment for HIV as “plain wrong”.

Ukip MEP Patrick O’Flynn has stepped down as the party’s economic spokesman and apologised to leader Nigel Farage for publicly calling him “snarling, thin-skinned and aggressive”.

Nigel Farage has become a “snarling, thin-skinned, aggressive” man who is turning Ukip into a “personality cult”, the party’s campaign chief has said in a stunning attack on his leader.

Nigel Farage has vowed to quit as Ukip leader if he fails to become an MP at the UK's general election, declaring it would be “curtains for me”.

Nigel Farage has received a boost on the eve of Ukip’s pre-election conference with a poll suggesting he is on track to become an MP in England.

Ukip MP Douglas Carswell has told his new party it must show an “inclusive” face and not blame immigrants for Britain’s woes if it is to become a serious force.

Campaign dominated by immigration as Cameron digs in

Ukip has its first elected MP after a dramatic night which left the two main Westminster parties licking their wounds.

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The piece which tackles anti-immigration was removed from a wall in Essex after a complaint.

Furious British Tories have turned their fire on ex-MP Mark Reckless, with David Cameron branding his defection to Ukip "senseless and counter-productive" while party chairman Grant Shapps told activists: "He lied and lied and lied again."

David Cameron has allowed Eurosceptics to dictate the narrative of the UK debate on EU membership, says Mary C Murphy

Britain’s economy will suffer hugely if it exits the EU after a referendum scheduled for 2017. Alternatively, it will not suffer at all, in fact, an exit is the necessary precondition for British economic renewal.

Britain’s future relationship with the European Union was under intense scrutiny today in the wake of David Cameron’s dramatic decision to veto treaty changes designed to save the euro.

The British taxpayer should not “cough up” an estimated £7bn (€8.17bn) to help bail out the Irish economy, a leading think-tank said.

FORMER MP for North Norfolk Norman Lamb got a surprise when he was canvassing in Sheringham.

The British Conservative Party said a backlash from Europe “won’t make a difference” today as David Cameron was accused by a leading French minister of “castrating” the UK's influence in Brussels.