Visitors queue for fish and chips on the pier in Brighton | Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images UKIP pledges to cut tax on fish and chips In his first party conference speech as UKIP leader, Paul Nuttall will pledge to scrap VAT on a British dinner favorite.

Paul Nuttall, the leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party, will vow to scrap tax on a British staple, fish and chips, the Daily Mail reported on Friday.

Nuttall, who hopes to become an MP in a by-election in Stoke-on-Trent next week, will use a party conference speech later Friday to say that UKIP will fight to remove value-added tax from fish and chips. Under current taxation rules, this most traditional of British dishes carries a 20 percent VAT charge.

Under the slogan "New Path For Britain," Nuttall will also set out plans to scrap VAT on domestic energy bills, a move UKIP believes will save the average household €75 a year.

“People should not have to choose between heating and eating,” Nuttall will reportedly say.

The UKIP leader and MEP will pledge to spend billions of pounds a year extra on the NHS and social care and to focus more resources on mental health issues. On immigration, he will reaffirm the party’s commitment to an Australia-style points-based system.