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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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Sunak issued stark warning over 'embarrassing' defeat as MPs gear up to tear into new migration bill
Lawyers examining the new Rwanda Bill legislation on behalf of right-wing MPs are gearing up to criticise the plans, GB News understands

SHOCK model shows Reform snatching 81 seats in Labour bloodbath – full seat breakdown REVEALED
Labour would lose 128 seats and its majority if election held tomorrow
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Conservatives issued stark warning to 'reinvent' amid rise of 'unserious' Reform: 'No chance of centre-right being elected again!'
The Conservatives lost 251 seats in a landslide victory for Sir Keir Starmer and the Labour Party

LTNs: Local councils to impose low traffic neighbourhoods under Labour government, says Starmer
Shadow Transport Secretary today said Labour is 'the only party truly on the side of drivers'

Just Stop Oil 'eco-zealots' are writing Starmer's energy policy says Sunak
Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to ban new licences for oil and gas production in the UK

Dorries breaks silence as MPs call for her to step down months after she quit
The ex-Culture Secretary announced she was standing down as the MP for Mid Bedfordshire with ‘immediate effect’ in June

Kemi Badenoch's row with Reform is helping to 'hoover up' more members: 'Worth a million in free advertising!'
Reform says it has gained 20,000 grassroots supporters in the four days since Kemi Badenoch made her accusations

'Tax dodger' Rayner hit by protests during campaign event in Teesside
Labour’s deputy leader came under fire after being accused of avoiding capital gains tax on the sale of her ex-council house home in Stockport