Nigel Farage today unveiled his party's plans to allow voters to hold a Brexit referendum every ten years.

Mr Farage set out a proposed 'contract' with the British people - his alternative to a traditional party manifesto - which includes a pledge to make it easier for people to force a referendum on crunch issues.

The Brexit Party wants to introduce 'Citizens' Initiatives' to allow people to demand a national ballot if they are able to secure the signatures of at least five million registered voters.

Mr Farage insisted there would be a decade time limit on repeating votes on the same issue.

But the proposal does raise the prospect of a ‘Neverendum’ series of votes on the UK's EU membership.

Mr Farage's 'contract' also commits his party to scrapping the BBC licence fee and to abolishing the House of Lords.

The veteran Eurosceptic MEP unveiled the policies as he said he was targeting five million Leave voters who have been 'betrayed by the Labour Party' ahead of polling day on December 12.

Mr Farage stressed that he was not issuing a full manifesto because no one believed them any more - but insisted the Brexit Party's plans covered almost every area of national life.

Nigel Farage today unveiled and signed the Brexit Party's 'contract with the people' which set out a series of policy pledges

Mr Farage said he decided not to publish a party manifesto because the British public no longer believed them

Its ideas include phasing out the 'anachronistic' licence fee, getting rid of the House of Lords, introducing a proportional representation voting system as well as the proposal to hold referendums when five million people sign petitions.

The party also wants to cap annual net immigration at 50,000, slash the foreign aid budget by 50 per cent and do away with inheritance tax.

The 'contract' launch event in London came with just three weeks to go until the nation goes to the ballot boxes.

Mr Farage rocked the election campaign earlier this month when he announced he was pulling candidates from 317 seats won by the Tories in 2017 to avoid splitting the Eurosceptic vote and handing victory to Jeremy Corbyn.

However, the party is standing in more than 270 constituencies - the vast majority of which were won by Labour two years ago.

The Brexit Party is not producing a full manifesto - but Mr Farage set out the broad outlines of its positions on a variety of issued.

'We need the Brexit Party to hold Boris Johnson to his word,' he said.

'We need the Brexit Party voice there in the House of Commons or we're not going to get anything like what we voted for three-and-a-half years ago.'

Mr Farage said their plans could be paid for by £200billion of savings by cutting the foreign aid budget, ceasing EU payments and scrapping the HS2 high-speed rail link.

On immigration, he said the UK was facing a 'population crisis' as a result of the policies which had been adopted in the 1990s.

He said the numbers allowed to settle in the country should be capped at 'about 50,000' a year and he called for firm action to deter illegal immigrants trying to enter the country.

'We would very much want to get immigration numbers down to what for 60 years were very acceptable and very workable post-war levels,' he said.

Mr Farage is struggling to keep his general election campaign on track after he announced he would not stand candidates in Tory held seats, prompting a collapse in poll support

However, the Brexit Party appeared in good spirits as he set out his general election vision for the UK

Key points from the Brexit Party's election 'contract' Scrapping the BBC licence fee

Allowing citizens to call referendums if five million people agree

Abolishing inheritance tax

Investing £2.5 billion in fishing and coastal communities

Giving businesses zero-rate corporation tax for the first £10,000 of pre-tax profits

Abolishing privatisation in the NHS

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'We think a strong message that says if you come here illegally across the Channel or in the back of a container that you wouldn't be allowed to stay will prevent further human tragedy, and it's the right thing to do.'

He called for the television licence to be phased out, saying the current system of funding the BBC is an 'anachronism'.

'I do understand that it's an important global brand for this country but I would propose that we phase out the licence fee over time,' he told the event.

He also called for VAT to be removed from family fuel bills - something that can only be done outside the EU.

'We can use Brexit as a means to help the average family,' he said.