Jon Trickett MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister without Portfolio, responding to the reported suspension of the UKIP candidate for Scunthorpe, said:

“Two UKIP candidates have been suspended and one has resigned in just 24 hours, clearly Nigel Farage’s party are in disarray.

“Beneath their ramshackle political operation, they offer nothing to working people because they are too busy picking up the pieces over their shambolic candidates.

“A vote for UKIP is a vote for tax breaks for those at the top and increased NHS privatisation.”