NewsPoliticsNigel FarageLIVEUpdated 11 mins agoNigel Farage will hold a press conference at 11 on Monday morning with his home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf - follow live updates belowNigel Farage will take questions from the press at an event today(Image: Dinendra Haria/SOPA Images/Shutterstock)Nigel Farage is desperately hoping to unveil a new policy that doesn't instantly fall apart after a disastrous week.The under-fire Reform UK leader, whose party has dropped behind Labour in several polls, will hold a press conference at 11am today. He is expected to announce he's been holding talks about sending foreign criminals to jails overseas.It comes after France torpedoed his thin small boats plan a week ago, and home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf was branded a "pillock" after announcing an illegal working policy that Labour has already done.Mr Farage was accused of unveiling headline-grabbing ideas to distract from sleaze allegations. On Thursday he faces a humiliating face-off with Count Binface in an ill-thought-through by-election in Clacton.He is the overwhelming favourite to win, but if he returns to Parliament a probe into an undeclared £5million gift he received from crypto tycoon Christopher Harborne is expected to resume. If he is found to have broken rules for MPs, it could trigger a second by-election.Follow live updates below...Today07:35 BSTPress conference to be third in as many weeksFarage and Yusuf will get on stage later today for the third time in as many weeks today during what should be peak campaigning time for Reform's leader.He is competing in a crowded field for the Clacton byelection this coming Thursday, August 13. While he is expected to return to Parliament as an MP, he has seen some stiff competition from dozens of competitors, namely Count Binface.Nigel Farage is set to deliver his third press conference - outside of Clacton - in as many weeks(Image: Dinendra Haria/SOPA Images/Shutterstock)Today07:18 BSTNigel Farage branded 'MP for Washington' after a quarter of speeches parrot TrumpNigel Farage has been branded the "MP for Washington" after spending one in four of his Commons speeches parroting Donald Trump's attacks on Britain.Farage slammed the agreement, which would have seen the UK hand control of the islands to Mauritius, in 10 of his 40 speeches. Many of his remarks on the Chagos deal echoed attacks made by Trump, whose opposition helped derail the deal earlier this year.After returning from Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in December 2024, Farage told MPs that senior figures in the incoming US administration had expressed "deep disquiet" over Britain's plans.He later warned the agreement could destroy hopes of a UK-US trade deal, claiming Britain's chances of avoiding American tariffs would "evaporate".Today07:06 BSTZia Yusuf ridiculed after last press conferenceZia Yusuf held not one but two press conferences for Reform UK last week.His second one saw him ridiculed and labelled a "pillock" after he announced measures that seemingly already existed.On Thursday Reform's home affairs spokesman Mr Yusuf was accused of trying to divert attention from sleaze allegations by announcing a 'Deliveroo law' to target illegal working. He was mocked when it was pointed out that company chiefs already face jail terms, as Mr Yusuf had demanded.Read the full story here.‌Today07:06 BSTSecond Farage press conference in two weeksThis time last year Nigel Farage had been holding weekly conferences - but he has since scurried away from public scrutiny amid questions over a £5million gift he received from a cypro billionaire.Will August be the return of the Farage weekly press conferences? So far, yes. We saw Farage out in front of reporters last Monday and he's back again this week.Last time, he focused on small boats. Read Mirror Political Correspondent Dave Burke's analysis on the last press conference as he looks at Farage's attempt to "divert attention" from questions about his personal finances.Today07:06 BSTNigel Farage to hold press conference at 11Nigel Farage will hold a press conference at 11 today with his home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf.The event is expected to centre on crime and the early release prison scheme.Since becoming PM, Andy Burnham has been under pressure over plans to release prisoners early from jail. The sentencing changes were implemented under Keir Starmer in response to a prisons overcrowding crisis left behind by the Tories.Mr Burnham has since tightened the rules so that rape, serious child sexual offences and grooming would be excluded from the early jail release scheme.But he has faced mounting calls to stop the early prison release of PC Andrew Harper’s killers, two of whom will be eligible for early release as manslaughter charges are not included on the exemptions list.Nigel Farage will hold a press conference with his home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf(Image: James Warren/SOPA Images/Shutterstock)‌