Robert Jenrick: “The suggestion that Robert knowingly accepted impermissible donations is an untrue, politically motivated smear, put…”

It shouldn't have taken the death of Ann Widdecombe for Nigel Farage to be given a meeting with the relevant Home Office committee - that really is a dereliction of duty, and it's ultimately the home secretary who makes that decision.

Nigel is not going anywhere. Nigel is going to keep working hard to ensure that we get the change that this country actually needs.

It would, I think, be completely ridiculous for there then to be another byelection later in the year. People really would then start to think the establishment are persecuting this man because they don’t want him to be prime minister…

So, we will give HMRC a big incentive to actually provide proper customer service.