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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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Reform to rethink welfare by scrapping £50billion from ballooning budget
Reform vows to end hosepipe bans for good with plan to revolutionise Britain's reservoirs
Nigel Farage handed electoral war-chest boon as Tory donor defects to Reform and pledges £1m to help 'restore UK's glory'
The donation is likely to be the largest single contribution to any party during the local election campaign
‘It stinks!’ Remainer outrage as Brexit-backers given ‘tainted’ Resignation Honours by Liz Truss
Former Vote Leave chief executive Matthew Elliott was among the leading Brexiteers included in the former Prime Minister’s resignation honours list
Row erupts over Labour's 'insane Orwellian' plan for giving jail sentences for 'misgendering'
Shadow Women and Equalities Secretary Anneliese Dodds said Labour would introduce tougher policies on anti-LGBT behaviour
‘Pathetic!’ Priti Patel’s migration crackdown dubbed ‘absymal failure’ after just FIVE offenders sentenced under her watch
The ex-Home Secretary vowed to crackdown on people smugglers through her amendment to Section 25A of the Immigration Act 1971