Everyone is so friendly, and they made me feel genuinely welcomed, especially in Young Independence.’ Shepley officially joined the main party in October, but has been campaigning with Ukip’s ...

Young activists are determined to overturn UKIP's 'image problem' among 18-25 year olds Few would dispute that 2014 was a good year for UKIP. The party topped the vote in the European elections ...

The problem, she said, was that people in the capital were “educated, cultured and young”. YouGov polling shows the difficulties Ukip has in attracting young people. When asked if Ukip is a ...

Almost instantly, a group of young Ukip activists took it upon themselves to prove him wrong. The activists used social media to organise a bombardment of electronic missives to the unfortunate Shadow ...

Ukip gains at the polls and an eventual exit from the European Union – the prediction of one academic if voter apathy persists among young people in this country. The “political earthquake ...

Young Independence, the arm of the party that represents those under 30, responded with a rallying cry to all of its members to “help [Chuka] understand why people vote Ukip.” In a blog appeal ...

Ukip leader Paul Nuttall quits after election drubbing The Young Independence Executive Council accused the “far left” of sending “threats of violence” to venues if they hosted the ...

A young Margaret Thatcher would today be more likely to join the UK Independence Party (Ukip) than the Conservative Party run by David Cameron, the eurosceptic party's leader Nigel Farage claimed ...

A PASSIONATE social activist and UKIP GLA candidate believes it is his ... to knife crime and we need to get the message out to young people that it is not an acceptable way to behave.” ...

A PLAN to help Conservative and Ukip voters to “swap votes” in close run areas to keep Ed Miliband out of No. 10 has been launcehd by writer Toby Young. Mr Young, a Conservative campaigner ...

This entails reaching beyond its core support and, crucially, attracting more young people to the fold, both as activists and voters. This is a challenge. UKIP's support is skewed to older people ...