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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 'ready and willing' to put troops in Ukraine as PM warned of military cuts
It is understood to be the first time the Prime Minister has explicitly stated he is considering deploying British peacekeepers to the warzone
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'The Conservatives called the police on me and implied I slept with political friends,' the ex-Tory Minister raged
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The Prime Minister has said that MPs 'will be consulted' on any deployment of British troops
Macron faces 'END of reign' as France rebels at mass immigration after SHOCK migration bill loss
The shock loss highlights the French President's seeming inability to govern after losing an absolute majority in the National Assembly last year
Andy Burnham's migrant dispersal plan handed scathing takedown by Chris Philp: 'Absolutely disgraceful!'
The Prime Minister has called on 'wealthier' areas of the country to house more asylum seekers