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Farage resigns as Clacton MP, triggering by-election he vows to fight
The Reform UK leader steps down in Essex to force a contest he intends to fight, pausing a standards inquiry into an undeclared five million pound gift. Rival parties line up to boycott the vote.
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UK invited to join 'United States of Europe' by Emmanuel Macron's likely successor
Tax expert reveals Andy Burnham’s bloated bureaucracy legacy in Manchester: ‘It's completely crazy!’
Donald Trump bans three 'fake news' media outlets from White House and fires warning shot at BBC
Andy Burnham risks row with Donald Trump ahead of meeting as PM ‘won’t bend the knee like Starmer’
Kemi Badenoch launches fresh push for national rape gangs inquiry after GB News shines more light on 'horrifying scandal'
The Leader of the Opposition pledged to table an amendment to Labour's Crime Bill
Brexit news: 'Still 1,700 EU vessels plundering British seas' - UK fishermen reveal TRUTH of ‘sell-out’ deal capitulating to France
Coastal communities were a driving force behind the vote to leave the European Union after warning against the Common Fisheries Policy