Paul Nuttall new head of UKIP MEPs

Euro-MP Paul Nuttall

Local MEP Paul Nuttall now heads UKIP’s 22 MEPs in the European Parliament.

The UKIP deputy leader has become head of the British delegation of the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy group, of which UKIP MEPs are members.

Mr Nuttall, MEP for the North-West since 2009, replaces his East Midlands colleague Roger Helmer.

The 39-year-old, a previous UKIP chairman, said: “I look forward to carrying on Roger’s work. He has done a great job in Brussels and Strasbourg and I intend to build on that to the best of my ability.”