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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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Council by-election: Reform wins crunch by-election in Red Wall town as Labour haemorrhages heartland support
GB News has dissected the results for all four by-elections held this week
John Swinney ramps up calls for Scottish control over energy to end 'Westminster rip-off'
The First Minister said transferring over powers would allow Holyrood the chance to end the 'hated' windfall tax on offshore oil and gas
Keir Starmer branded a 'dead duck' Prime Minister in scathing takedown by Tory MP: 'He's misled Parliament!'
Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle confirmed Keir Starmer is set to face a crunch vote on Tuesday over claims he misled MPs
'Career civil servants' dominate Whitehall as dossier reveals 61% of top mandarins haven't worked in private sector
Political parties of all stripes have been calling for a major shake-up in Whitehall for decades
Keir Starmer to make Labour MPs block sleaze probe as PM braces for crunch vote
Sir Lindsay Hoyle is expected to grant a request to hold a vote on the privileges committee investigating the Prime Minister
Tory MP declares British voters 'need transparency' amid plan to remove foreign languages from election campaigns
The Green Party used Urdu in their most recent by-election campaign literature