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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has resigned as MP for Clacton, triggering a by-election he says will allow voters—not political opponents—to judge him. The move comes as he faces…

The Reform leader had faced intense security over his financial arrangements

The Reform UK leader dramatically triggered the by-election in his Essex seat after quitting as an MP amid growing pressure on him to come clean about his finances.

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Farage said he would quit parliament and force a vote to get the electorate to back him over the "establishment".

"I've decided that the people of Clacton should be the judges of my actions," Farage said. "It's a chance to stick two fingers up to the entire establishment". #EuropeNews

The resignation will trigger a by-election in the coastal electorate of Clacton, which Farage says he will contest.

Reform U.K. leader Nigel Farage has quit as MP for Clacton, forcing a by-election that he has said he will fight.

Making the shock announcement, Nigel Farage said he will stand in the resulting by-election in Clacton, citing the opportunity 'to stick two fingers up to the entire…

"A chance to stick two fingers up to the entire establishment..."

Mr Farage must know that his chances of entering Downing Street are close to being extinguished and this is his last chance to move the dial – and that is the real reason for this…

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The Clacton constituency, on the coast of Essex in eastern England, has had an eventful history

Reform UK leader to stand down as MP for Clacton and run again in subsequent by-election, as he tries to get ahead of donations row

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The Reform UK leader said he would contest a ‘people versus the establishment’ by-election in the Clacton constituency

Nigel Farage has resigned as an MP and will recontest his Clacton seat in a by-election amid mounting scrutiny over financial donations and an ongoing parliamentary standards…

Within hours Mr Farage was left with egg on his face as political parties of all colours - including Labour, the Tories, the Liberal Democrats, and right-wing Restore - announced…

Reform UK leader will contest byelection in an audacious attempt to get ahead of two damaging scandals