German dairy giant Müller has announced a major new investment in Britain, a “huge vote of confidence in the UK, its consumers and its dairy sector” says Stuart Agnew the UKIP Agriculture spokesman.

It is axiomatic that the EU will agree a comprehensive partnership with the UK on security and serious crime, because the UK’s security assets are far better than those of the EU states, said UKIP. The UK will continue to work closely with its partners inside and outside the EU to defeat terrorism and cross-border crime.

The UK must set its sights on maximising its global access, reach and competitiveness rather than being obsessed with maintaining frictionless trade with the EU states, said UKIP today.

The fact that the UK is one of the world’s top 10 manufacturers, rising from No 9 to No 8 in latest figures, is the best-kept secret of the Brexit debate, according to UKIP – and completely vindicates the British people’s refusal to be cowed by ‘Project Fear’.

UKIP home affairs spokeswoman Jane Collins MEP has said, “the time has come to ramp up our responses to dealing with extremism of all kinds.”

“We need more investment in our counter terrorism services just like we need more bobbies on the beat.  We need root and branch reform of statutory institutions where extremism is taking hold and the police need to concentrate on real threats not on people having twitter arguments.

“One way we can deal with  extremists is by ridding this country of hate preachers and the kinds of institutions where extremist beliefs are taught.  This is where the government is so wrong to committ to remaining in the ECHR and under the jurisdiction of Europe.  We must have the power to kick out hate preachers just as we must have the power to deal with homegrown terrorists.”