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Nigel Farage challenges establishment to force second Clacton by-election as Reform leader sworn in as MP: ‘Bring it on!’
The Reform UK leader secured 22,239 votes in the by-election last month
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PoliticsStarmer handed horrifying early Christmas present as petition demanding 'immediate' General Election FINALLY exceeds 3 million signatures
MPs will debate the petition on January 6 after it rapidly broke the 100,000 signature threshold in November
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'It's rather unfortunate that he has chosen this moment to say farewell,' former No10 press chief Jonathan Haslam said
PoliticsWATCH: Nigel Farage sworn in as MP with Reform UK leader returning to Parliament after Clacton by-election victory
The Reform UK leader was returned to the Commons last month by voters in his Essex seat
PoliticsEsther McVey slaps down Reform UK claim with four-word response after congratulating party
The MP for Tatton praised Nigel Farage’s party after they won the Runcorn and Helsby by-election
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Alex Armstrong grills Justice Secretary for ‘messing around’ family of PC Andrew Harper after U-turn on killers' early release
'I'm actually quite disappointed, to be honest with you, Minister,' the GB News host said

Tory minister slaps down claim Ben Wallace resignation indicates crushing election defeat looms
Ben Wallace will resign at the next Cabinet reshuffle and will not seek re-election as an MP

Keir Starmer quits as MP as ex-PM triggers by-election headache for Andy Burnham
The ex-Prime Minister insisted he would serve a full-term as the MP for Holborn & St Pancras

Tories need to focus on 'absolute priorities' – not rainbow lanyards, says Robert Halfon MP
Halfon is one of the architects of 'blue collar Conservativism'
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Kemi Badenoch pledges to ditch carbon levies 'killing British industry'
Industry leaders have said the current regime is driving business abroad

John Healey insists he is '100 per cent' committed to defence after shelving his own target
'There's always difficult decisions as Chancellor,' the former Defence Secretary admitted

'Poorer than we think!' Darren Jones warns Andy Burnham against public spending as path to wealth
The Prime Minister's 'sugar rush of short-term announcements' could be rendered 'meaningless' without a strong long-term plan, the former minister warned

'Disgusting!' Ed Miliband blasted for 'playing God with the weather' over plans to fund 'Sun-dimming experiments'
Ed Miliband has reportedly invested more than £50million for outdoor experiments to dim sunlight as part of efforts to combat runaway climate change

Sunak's popularity plummets to record low as PM ranked WORSE than Liz Truss in bombshell poll
A study conducted by JL Partners said Sunak's time in office has been a 'year of decline'

Carbon taxes 'putting Britain's refineries at risk' as Labour handed ultimatum
Britain has become a 'high risk, low resilience' nation for diesel and jet fuel supplies, a new report warns