NIGEL Farage has this morning urged Boris to stand down Tories in seats he hasn't a hope of winning - so the Brexit Party can secure them.

The Brexit Party boss said after standing down 317 candidates yesterday it's now time for the PM to return the favour and give him a clear run in some areas.

4 Nigel Farage told Boris it's now his turn to move and stand candidates down in areas he can't win

He told BBC Breakfast: “I believe in leave.

“If they believed in leave what they would do is stand aside in seats in Labour areas where the Conservative party have not won for 100 years and will never win.

“It's about them as a party, not about delivering Brexit.”

Mr Farage said he wanted to get Brexit Party MPs into Parliament to put pressure on Boris next year.

And he insisted he would give no more ground to the Tories, adding: "No. I’ve given more ground in the interests of putting country before party than any other person you’ve spoken to before.

"It’s now clear, we will fight against Labour and fight against the Remainers in Parliament."

Yesterday the Brexit Party boss stunned Westminster by revealing his candidates would pull out in areas where the Tories won a seat last time.

He said he believed Lib Dems were at risk of winning more seats and he feared they would force a second referendum.

But he immediately faced urgent calls to also withdraw candidates from Labour-held marginals such as Dudley.

Those seats are deemed crucial to Boris Johnson clinching a Commons majority on December 12, and then delivering Brexit within weeks.

Boris is highly unlikely to stand aside candidates for Mr Farage.

It comes as:

Boris will chair a COBRA committee today on the devastating floods in Yorkshire and the Midlands

Labour promised to give six years of free study for adults

Chief Secretary to the Treasury Rishi Sunak denied there had been talks between the Government and Nigel Farage over a pact

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