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Mark Reckless on course for Ukip win in Rochester

Tory defector Mark Reckless is on course to win back his Commons seat for Ukip in the upcoming by-election in Rochester and Strood, according to a new opinion poll.

The survey by Survation for the Mail on Sunday has Ukip nine points ahead of the Conservatives in the constituency.

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Ukip pledge 'extra 2,500 staff at UK borders'

Ukip have pledged to bring in an extra 2,500 "frontline staff and search teams" to help control Britain's border.

The party's Migration and Financial Affairs Spokesman, Steven Woolfe, hit out at "mass, unskilled, uncontrolled migration", which he said had depressed wages in the UK.

Steven Woolfe addressing the Ukip conference.

Mr Woolfe also pledged to introduce new "priority entry points" at ports and airports, meaning "one line for British passport holders and one line for the rest of the world".

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