The Reform UK leader’s hopes of turning the contest into a battle “against the establishment” in tatters as all other major parties boycott the vote, leaving comedic candidate Count Binface as his leading rival

Nigel Farage called for a 'people versus the establishment' contest amid a flurry of questions about his finances and an undeclared £5million gift from a crypto-billionaire.

Kemi Badenoch accuses Farage of ‘fake by-election’ as independent parties left to take the Reform leader on

Main parties boycott vote as distraction ploy, leaving only a satirical challenger