The UKIP candidate at the West Sussex Council by-election in Haywards Heath has described Crawley as “just another urban mega-sprawl”.

Now the UKIP group on the County Council have voted to cut £5.7 million from the road resurfacing budget and called for the abolition of Crawley Borough Council.

Crawley MP Henry Smith said he was “perplexed by yet more bizarre policies from UKIP”.