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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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Keir Starmer hit with four frontbench resignations as more than 60 Labour MPs call on PM to quit
The frontbenchers declared they could no longer back the Prime Minister given last week's local election disaster for the Labour Party