UKIP stood by a former parliamentary candidate last night after she was accused by campaigners of plotting to spark a race war.

Anne Marie Waters, who stood in Lewisham East on May 7, is named by Hope Not Hate as the organiser of an exhibition of cartoons of the prophet Mohammed.

A report prepared for the group alleges that she discussed with three other far-right activists how the cartoons could be used to “incite a violent backlash.”