Nigel Farage will today unveil 150 of the Brexit Party's prospective MPs, launch a new Brexiteer newspaper and set out policies which he hopes will beat the Tories at a snap general election.

The leader of the Brexit Party will increase the pressure on the Conservatives at a 5,000 "Big Vision" rally in Birmingham in a bid to make clear that the party is ready to go to toe to toe with the Tories.

Mr Farage said the party will have selected the remaining 500 candidates by the end of next week after whittling down a long list of 3,000 applicants.

A new party slogan "Invest in the Rest" will be unveiled as part of the party's attempts to campaign for more spending on infrastructure in the north of England.