UKIP have hit back at former Prime Minister Sir John Major for suggesting the party is ‘profoundly un-British’.

The Conservative appeared on the Andrew Marr Show on Britain to say the country should stay a member of a reformed European Union, including new terms of how many people can migrant here.

Deputy leader of UKIP and North West MEP Paul Nuttall said: "Sir John spoke on BBC's Andrew Marr Show of Britain not closing its doors to immigrants and again I would like to make it clear that UKIP would not slam the door shut either.

“But we must have control over our borders so we can insure that we allow in those who will benefit our country, such as professionals and the highly skilled, and for that we need to introduce a points based system similar to that used in Australia.

"The Conservatives can waffle all they want about re-negotiating with Brussels about free movement within the EU but that is a fundamental tenet of the institution and the Eurocrats have already made it quite clear they have no intention of altering it.”