PARTY CONFERENCE: Nigel Farage to address UKIP's regional conference
UKIP leader Nigel Farage is to attend the party’s North-East conference to be held in the region next month.
The event takes place at The Park Hotel, in Tynemouth on November 16, which will also be addressed by deputy leader Paul Nuttall, Stuart Agnew MEP, Roger Helmer MEP and party director Lisa Duffy.
In May, UKIP candidate Richard Elvin came second in the South Shields by-election with 24.2 per cent of the vote.
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