Nigel Farage resigns as MP and will stand in own by-election

Nigel Farage resigns as an MP to trigger a by-election. This will be a people versus the establishment by-election, he added. “The people of Clacton should be the judges”.

He also says he has “done nothing wrong”.

o make a statement on his future in public life, as he faces intense scrutiny over financial support given to him by a convicted fraudster, and a £5 million gift from a Reform UK donor.

He is under pressure after an investigation by The Sunday Times that revealed his long-term ally George Cottrell, a convicted criminal, had provided funding for security and staffing in the year before he was elected.

Credit: Reform UK