Sophie Ridge asked Mr Nuttall why he thought an Asian man should get a harsher sentence for raping a white girl than if a white man had committed the crime - a policy the UKIP leader has touted.

He said he believed that the rape should also be treated as a hate crime, saying there were gangs across the UK that "target" white girls.

"If you look at the amount of rapes we are seeing across the country by a specific section of a community, and they are perpetrated generally against the same kind of girls, I think we have a real problem and it needs to be tackled," said Mr Nuttall.  

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Earlier on Sunday, Paul Nuttall spoke of his hopes about winning the seat in Boston and Skegness, which he described as the most Euro-sceptic constituency in the UK. 

"This is about putting this area on the map," he told Sky's Sophy Ridge.

"I'm a national political figure, I am a national party leader. When I stand up in the House of Commons to represent the seat of Boston and Skegness, people will listen."

It's been a busy morning of politics this morning.

Here are some of the things that were discussed on Pienaar's Politics earlier.  

Labour MP Ian Lavery, a former campaign co-ordinator for party leader Jeremy Corbyn, has been on the Sunday Politics show. 

He has been talking about Labour's 20-point plan to end what it calls the "rigged economy" in the workplace. 

Asked about costings for the policy, he says they will be revealed in Labour's manifesto. 

He adds that presenter Andrew Neil needs to be "patient". 

Theresa May has said she will not be making "specific proposals" on taxes unless she is "absolutely sure" they can be delivered.  

But she did rule out any plans to increase VAT.

Read our full story here. 

We've been focusing mainly this morning on the prime minister's interviews on the Andrew Marr Show and then Peston on Sunday.

At the same time, shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry has been on Sky's Ridge on Sunday. 

Here she is talking about whether people were being led on a path to conflict and war. 

Robert Peston put readers' questions to Mrs May, saying that "by far" the majority of the questions were about why she would not take part in TV leader debates. 

Peston asked if there is any chance she will change her mind. 

"There isn't going to be any change," she says. 

On the Peston on Sunday show, it is put to Mrs May that some have suggested she has not said enough about what her vision is for Brexit. 

Mrs May says she has previously set out her Brexit objectives in a Lancaster House speech. 

She says she wants to protect and even enhance workers' rights.

Mrs May is asked about the EU's Brexit guidelines that trade cannot be discussed before the UK pays the bloc a separation fee. 

She says it is important that when the UK leaves the EU it knows what the future is going to be on issues such as trade and security co-operation. 

She says the government should be looking to negotiate a trade agreement before leaving the EU. 

Mrs May is again quizzed on a former Conservative manifesto pledge not to raise income tax, VAT and NI. 

She says the party won't be increasing VAT but she says when the governments look "more widely" at the tax system it wants to be "absolutely clear" that what it says about tax it can deliver.

Mrs May is asked about whether she would support David Cameron's proposal for a £1m tax break for couples on inheritance tax. 

She does not answer this directly, but says there are many people who are in "ordinary circumstances" who have been "caught" by inheritance tax. 

Mrs May says she wants a country where people can "get on in life". She says this spans a "whole range of issues", such as the economy, school places and society being a "meritocracy".  

It is put to Mrs May that current forecasts point to "incredibly slow" earnings growth and that benefit changes introduced by the government will disproportionately hit the poorest. 

Mrs May says welfare changes brought in by government have led to a simpler system that "encourages people into the workplace". 

She adds that people who are contributing to welfare through tax need to be considered too. 

Prime Minister Theresa May is now being interviewed on the Peston on Sunday show. 

It is put to her that experts say over the next few years poor people will become poorer - going against pledges she made when she became leader to help "everyone" in society.

Mrs May says some of those elements in her speech were about dealing with injustice. 

She says she has given a speech about doing more to support people with mental health problems, she says an audit has been set up to how public services deal with ethnic minorities. 

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It is put to John McDonnell that although wages have stagnated employment has been going up. 

Robert Peston reflects that some commentators have said this is because the cost of employment in the UK is lower and there is a risk Labour's plans would bring a growth in unemployment. 

Mr McDonnell says "absolutely not".  

"We're the only major developed country where we've got growth but wages are stagnating or going backwards," he adds. 

"All we're asking for is fairness". 

Mrs May is asked about whether she regrets voting over the Iraq War. 

She said she voted in the Commons in the way she "believed was right" at the time.