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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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Ed Davey blames Nigel Farage and Brexit for migrant crisis as Lib Dems back joining EU asylum scheme
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Transport Secretary confesses to pleading guilty to offence in connection with misleading police
The MP for Sheffield Heeley made a false report to officers that her mobile phone had been stolen
Labour's Net Zero drive risks leaving Britons with blackouts and soaring energy bills, leaked report warns
'We are risking total blackout,' a whistleblower warned after a confidential review exposed major flaws in Britain's electricity grid
Labour accused of plot to create 'migrant cities' and flood towns with asylum seekers
GB News approached dozens of local authorities to investigate which areas of Britain could be next to host unvetted migrants
The stark contrast between Labour and Tory conference shows Starmer is preparing for power
'There is no doubt that the two contrasting films of the audiences in the halls at the Conservative and Labour conferences neatly summarise the state of the two parties'