Conservative candidates 'making electoral pacts with Ukip'

Ukip says many of its candidates have stood aside because of vows made by pro-Brexit Tory – and two Labour – candidatesGeneral election 2017 - latest updates
Conservative candidates across the country have been privately giving Ukip assurances that they will push for a decisive Brexit in order to get their rivals not to field a candidate, a senior Ukip spokesman has said.Patrick O’Flynn, the party’s economics spokesman, said Ukip could have managed to field candidates acr