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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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Lord Frost wades into Elgin Marbles row as he urges handing them back to Greece in ‘grand gesture’
The Tory peer cautioned against a loan to Athens
Everyone is talking about ethnicity in 'two-tier' sentencing guidelines but there's one alarming detail that's been missed...
The claim that ethnic minority offenders could receive preferential treatment in the courts has sparked outrage, but there's another group singled out in the guidelines that's receiving less attention
Tory MP Andrew Rosindell speaks out after being cleared of rape
He has been completely exonerated
Nigel Farage sparks fury over decision not to stand in upcoming election: 'Reform is NOTHING without him!'
Nigel Farage has said now is 'not the right time' to stand as an MP for Reform UK
New poll shows voters are more supportive of Reform than Labour in hammer blow to Starmer
Polling data by JL Partners found voters also feel more negatively about Labour than Nigel Farage’s party