Ann Widdecombe 'was offered Brexit talks role to stand down as Farage candidate'

Exclusive: Brexit party leader claims other candidates were offered seats in Lords in move that ‘borders on corruption’

Nigel Farage has stepped up his attacks on the Conservative party as it was claimed that senior Brexit party figures – including Ann Widdecombe – had been offered post-election roles or peerages as part of an attempt to get him to stand down more candidates at the general election.

Widdecombe, the party’s candidate in Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, was told she would be part of the government’s post-election Brexit negotiating team if she stood down, according to senior Brexit party officials.

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