LOOKING after the elderly was a key priority for the UK Independence Party, said election hopeful, Rustie Lee, after a visit to a Kidderminster care home.

The former TV chef, UKIP's candidate for the Wyre Forest parliamentary seat, met residents at Holmwood Care Centre in Comberton Road to kick off her election campaign.

She said: "I want to make sure while everyone is going round and talking about politics that we don't forget our elderly and to make sure they are looked after and are happy."

Europe was swallowing £30 million of British cash a day, the Kidderminster resident said.

"Our pensioners are the lowest paid in all of Europe which, in my opinion, is absolutely disgraceful."