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The chief executive of UKIP has left his job by "mutual agreement".
A spokesman for the party said Will Gilpin's rolling contract would not be continued.
Mr Gilpin, a former RAF fighter pilot, was appointed in December last year and asked to professionalise the party's behind the scenes set-up.
Sources within the party said Mr Gilpin hoped to return to corporate IT, something one source said "he is far better suited to".
The source suggested Mr Gilpin was not well suited to working for a small organisation whose "DNA is individualistic" and which relies on numerous volunteers.
'Tackle inertia'
But the source added there was no bad blood between Mr Gilpin and the party, and he may well attend the party's conference in London next month as an ordinary party member.
A UKIP spokesman told the BBC: "We thank him for his time, effort and the hard work he has put in and wish him all the best for the future."
When Mr Gilpin was appointed, he told the BBC his job was to "deal with the inertia of a party that is used to doing things in a very relaxed, very unco-ordinated manner".
According to his LinkedIn page, he worked in IT on behalf of the Home Office and the Metropolitan Police in the past, after 10 years flying Tornado aircraft for the RAF.
It is not known how much Mr Gilpin was earning in his role, or when the process of finding a successor will begin.
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