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Investigation reveals exodus of party’s moderates and influx of more extreme newcomers.
UKIP has suspended its leader and three other members after they were accused of stealing data from the party.
A UKIP councillor has sparked a row over a Facebook post describing EU remain voters as "traitors" who should "face the death penalty".
Gerard Batten also says Queen should never have approved ‘treasonous’ Maastricht treaty.
Catherine Blaiklock, who co-founded new pro-Brexit party, warned of ‘Muslim enclaves’.
Carl Benjamin made remarks after 2014 US murders by man who blamed women who rejected him sexually. / A leading Ukip candidate for the European elections argued that feminism was responsible for a rise in the number of men carrying out mass murders, because the killers felt disenfranchised and “out of options”, it has emerged.
Institute for Direct Democracy denied funds as EU’s anti-fraud office investigates ‘irregularities’. / A political group linked to Ukip has lost a legal attempt to restore EU funds that were suspended over fraud allegations, adding to financial pressure on Eurosceptic parties.
Rival leave rallies led by Nigel Farage and Tommy Robinson arrive at parliament while counter-protest is defended by police.
Richard Porritt, Steve Anglesey and Geri Scott round up another bonkers Brexit week. / The team analyse the start of the campaign to become Tory leader and Change UK leader Heidi Allen speaks to Geri.
A group of pro-Leave MEPs have turned up in force to debate in the European parliament in Strasbourg – because the subject of their entitlements after Brexit was on the agenda.
An old video has resurfaced of Nigel Farage waving cash around boasting about how little work he has to do as a Member of European Parliament to earn his money.
Three female MEPs have quit UKIP after the party's leader Gerard Batten defended a candidate's comments about rape as "satire".
Brexit supporter Crispin Odey continues to profit from Brexit as he bets against the UK economy. / The Hedge fund manager supported Brexit with various financial contributions and political interventions. He donated to £873,323 ($1,111,465) to UKIP and other campaigns in favour of leaving the European Union.
The newly-elected leader of Ukip has been condemned for “virulent Islamophobia” after footage emerged of him arguing it should be illegal to publicly distribute the Qur’an in the UK and that some British towns are no-go areas for non-Muslims.
Nigel Farage has been accused of a “staggering level of hypocrisy” over Britain’s steel crisis after it has emerged he and other Ukip MEPs voted against an EU move that it is claimed could have helped protect the steel industry from cheap Chinese imports.
However, disenchantment with Brexit has been one of the most notable trends of 2022 with a feeling that it has not lived up to the promises made at the time of the referendum. / Two thirds or 65% of British people think Brexit has gone badly compared to just 21% who think it has gone well according to an Opinium survey in early December.
A leading Ukip MEP made a speech to a pro-apartheid club of expat South Africans that has far-right links and calls Nelson Mandela a terrorist, it has emerged.
Gerard Batten's advisor Tommy Robinson and YouTuber Carl Benjamin also fail in bids to be elected. / Ukip's leader has lost his seat at the European Parliament elections, in the latest blow for the disintegrating eurosceptic party.
Alliance for Direct Democracy in Europe is accused of misspending EU funds on party workers and Farage’s bid to become MP
The remarkable call from a four-time Ukip candidate to James O'Brien is at number three in the countdown of his best Brexit clips.
Richard Braine accused of stoking tensions after also saying there are no ‘moderate Muslims’.
The European parliament has recovered more than £200,000 from Ukip MEPs accused of misusing public funds through payments to party workers. But with three weeks to go until European elections, time is running out to recoup money from others alleged to have broken EU rules.
More than three-quarters of members who joined after 2017 general election back crashing out of EU with no agreement.