New Ukip leader Henry Bolton reveals frontbench lineup

Jane Collins and Peter Whittle get roles but no place among 34 jobs for other defeated leadership candidates

Ukip’s new leader, Henry Bolton, has unveiled a front bench lineup which retains two of the candidates he defeated last month to take the job, as he seeks to unify a party riven by grievances and splits.

Bolton has also named as one of his deputies Mike Hookem, the MEP involved in the scuffle last year with a colleague, Steven Woolfe, which saw the latter end up in hospital.

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