Meridian Ukip

UKIP leader Henry Bolton is refusing to quit amid reports Nigel Farage is plotting a return to frontline British politics.

Our Political Correspondent Phil Hornby reports on why he thinks the South East MEP has decided not to run in the 2017 election.

Backbencher Mark Reckless has become the second Tory MP in a month to defect to Ukip and trigger a by-election by quitting parliament.