Ukip to back other Leavers

UKIP may stand aside in some seats to help ‘good Brexiteers’ from other parties win power.

Leader Paul Nuttall said he would seek to help Tory and Labour MPs with a track record in campaigning for Leave.

But he said any decision to enter into local pacts would have to be made by individual constituency organisations.

‘What I don’t want to see happening is good Brexiteers, people who have campaigned for years for Brexit, I don’t want to see them lose their seats and a Remainer be there in their place,’ he told the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show.

Asked if he will seek election in June, he said: ‘I will make a decision in the coming week as to where to stand.’

Mr Nuttall also unveiled plans to ban burkas and sharia law. He denied the policies were an ‘attack’ on Muslims, saying the moves would address security fears and improve social integration.