UKIP: Michael Crick reports on the leadership contest

The UK Independence Party has denied that it has mis-spent EU funds on polls during the 2015 General Election campaign and ahead of this year’s EU referendum.

An audit of money spent by the Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe – with which Ukip in linked in the European Parliament – raised the allegations, which come at a difficult time for the party, with the result of its latest leadership contest now less than two weeks away