Ukip leader 'appalled' at false Hillsborough claim on his website
Ukip leader Paul Nuttall has said he is "appalled and very sorry" at a false claim on his personal website that he lost close personal friends in the Hillsborough disaster.
UKIP's show of unity for embattled leader Paul Nuttall
Members of UKIP stood and applauded their embattled leader Paul Nuttall at the party's Spring Conference.
There was anger this week when it emerged claims on his website that he lost close friends at Hillsborough were in fact false.
But today the politician from Bootle hit out at what he called a "smear campaign" against him, after some claimed he wasn't at the disaster at all.
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Fararge defends Banks after Hillsborough comments
Nigel Farage has described multi-millionaire Ukip backer Arron Banks as a "good friend" despite his Hillsborough gaffe comments.
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Nuttall's website offline after false Hillsborough claim
Paul Nuttall's website has been taken offline days after criticism for posts which wrongly claimed he lost close friends at Hillsborough
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Nuttall aide keeps job after false Hillsborough claim
Paul Nuttall has kept on a colleague who took the blame for a false claim he lost "close personal friends" in the Hillsborough disaster.