article_snippet: Since then, the party has enjoyed a surge in support, topping the polls in the European Parliament elections and securing two elected MPs who defected from the Tories.
article_snippet: As a result, Ukip has faced closer scrutiny of Ukip policies, with splits emerging over key areas of tax, spending and social policy.
article_snippet: party leader Nigel Farage added: ‘People are getting bored to death.
article_snippet: Every day there are all sorts of pronouncements being made by Labour and the Conservatives to appease all sorts of special interest groups.
article_snippet: Parliament is due to be dissolved on March 30, with the general election held on May 7.
article_snippet: But Ukip's deputy chairman Suzanne Evans Ukip's deputy chairman Suzanne Evans made clear in January:
article_snippet: However, policy splits have emerged.
article_snippet: Nigel Farage sparked controversy by claiming that privatising large parts of the NHS was 'a debate that we're all going to have to return to' if the health service was going to stay affordable.
article_snippet: But Ukip's health spokesman, Louise Bours, insisted her leader was out of touch with the public when it came to the NHS.
article_snippet: her insisted the party’s policy on the NHS
article_snippet: the NHS would contain ‘not a whiff’ of privatisation.
article_snippet: her leader tore up the plan for 25 per cent VAT rate for top-end goods insisting: 'It's dead.'
highlights_snippet: But it will mean voters have less time to scrutinise the details of policies .
  