Michael Dugher MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office, responding to the defection of a major Tory donor to UKIP, said:

“David Cameron is haemorrhaging support and his authority is ebbing away. He can’t control his party, who clearly have no confidence in his leadership.

"And once again we see that UKIP are reliant on Tory money as well as Tory policy and Tory politicians, putting pay to the idea that they stand up for working people.”

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