General election campaign to be resumed by UKIP

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UKIP has announced it will recommence general election campaigning with the launch of its manifesto tomorrow.

Campaigning has been put on hold in the wake of the terrorist bombing in Manchester, with Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn agreeing a suspension “until further notice”.

However UKIP leader Paul Nuttall will launch his party's manifesto tomorrow as planned.

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The MEP for North West England said the best response to the attack was to allow democracy to continue.

“We cannot be cowed or allow our way of life to be undermined by those who wish to do us harm," he said.

"These people hate the way we live, hate our freedom and hate our democracy.

"The best response we can make is to ensure that the democratic process continues and therefore I have decided that we must to go ahead with the launch of the UKIP general election manifesto tomorrow.

"For those who say that nothing must change, but then complain, it is by prolonging the disruption to normality that we allow the terrorists to win. Politics has never been more important, politicians must deal with these issues."

There has been speculation Theresa May is keen on a longer postponement of campaigning but some individual candidates and Labour activists have said they will return to local campaigning tomorrow.