Nigel Farage to launch ‘full-frontal assault’ on Labour at Ukip conference
Ukip leader will accuse Labour of failing to represent people for which it was founded, and unveil plan for fairer tax system
Rowena Mason, political correspondent
The Guardian, Thursday 25 September 2014 17.45 BST
Nigel Farage will launch a “full-frontal assault” on Labour in Ed Miliband’s backyard on Friday, claiming the party has failed to represent the people for which it was founded.
At Ukip’s conference at Doncaster racecourse, Farage will target the blue-collar voters who have supported Labour for generations as Ukip makes a play for the seat of the late Labour MP Jim Dobbin in Heywood and Middleton.
Labour, whose leader Miliband is MP for Doncaster North, has launched its first major attack on Ukip, painting it as “more Tory than the Tories” and the party of extreme tax cuts for millionaires and plans to make people pay to see their GPs.
But Farage will brush off the criticism by saying Ukip would protect the NHS from abuse, keep it free at the “point of access” and improve the most essential services.
He will unveil plans for what the party describes as a “simpler, fairer tax system” that it says would ease the burden for those on the lowest wages, and proposals to take care of servicemen and women returning from military duty overseas.
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