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Nigel Farage quits as UKIP leader as Brexiteers struggle for leadership

Nigel Farage says he is stepping down as the leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) in the wake of the EU referendum decision on 23 June.

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UKIP wins first Westminster seat as Carswell takes Clacton in landslide

UKIP has a seat in the House of Commons, after Douglas Carswell, the former Conservative MP who defected to UKIP, won back his Clacton seat in an expected, but still convincing by-election victory for his new party.

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Tory MP Douglas Carswell defects UKIP and seeks re-election

Tory MP Douglas Carswell has switched his allegiances to UKIP, and could become the party’s first MP in Westminster.