Arron Banks says he won’t stand in Clacton

After a fact finding mission to Clacton, Millionaire UKIP backer has decided not to stand!

Businessman Arron Banks has announced that he will not contest the Clacton constituency at the general election, as he had previously said he would.

The millionaire former Ukip donor had previously announced that he would fight the the Essex seat in order to undermine Douglas Carswell, who defected from Ukip to become an independent earlier this year.

However Mr Carswell last week said he would be standing down as an MP at the June 8 general election and thrown his support behind Theresa May, describing her as a real “revolutionary”