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UKIP launching election manifesto UKIP launching election manifesto
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The UK Independence Party are launching their manifesto with a call to withdraw from the European Union.The UK Independence Party are launching their manifesto with a call to withdraw from the European Union.
They are fielding over 500 candidates in a bid to win their first MP.They are fielding over 500 candidates in a bid to win their first MP.
UKIP say they want to transfer two million public sector jobs to the private sector, cut taxes and get rid of National Insurance altogether.UKIP say they want to transfer two million public sector jobs to the private sector, cut taxes and get rid of National Insurance altogether.
Leader Lord Pearson said without withdrawing from the EU the UK would be unable to tackle "the deplorable and very worrying state of our economy".
He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that EU membership cost the country "colossal figures on the economic side", with some estimates suggesting a figure of up to £120bn a year.
Flat tax
Deputy leader David Campbell Bannerman denied that UKIP was a "single issue party" but said that Europe was "central to this domestic election".Deputy leader David Campbell Bannerman denied that UKIP was a "single issue party" but said that Europe was "central to this domestic election".
Mr Campbell Bannerman told the BBC: "We have policies in all areas, including animal welfare, pubs etc, right across the board - and that's our manifesto being launched today."Mr Campbell Bannerman told the BBC: "We have policies in all areas, including animal welfare, pubs etc, right across the board - and that's our manifesto being launched today."
The party's campaign slogan in its bid for a Westminster breakthrough is "Straight Talking".
They promise a new flat tax at 31%.
UKIP also want a five year freeze on new immigrants settling in Britain and a ban on wearing the burka in public buildings and certain private buildings, and boot camps for young offenders.
The party's former leader Nigel Farage is standing in Buckingham against the Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow.
In the 2009 European Parliament elections they beat Labour to second place, winning 13 seats, but UKIP expelled MEP Nikki Sinclaire in March after she refused to be part of its multi-national group.