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Bardella signs pact with Nigel Farage to stop small boat crossings

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Polls close in UK by-election as Farage and Count Binface face-off

Vote counting has already begun and will continue through the night with a result expected by around 7:00 am local time on Friday.

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Hard-right Reform UK party vows to use navy to stop small boats

Britain and France signed a new three-year deal in April to stop irregular migrants making the risky Channel journeys, with London paying Paris up to €766 million in return for boosted law enforcement of the issue.

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Rupert Lowe offers alliance with Farage to unite Britain's hard right

The Restore Britain leader outlined five points that he said the pair would have to agree on to be able to find a "common way forward" and defeat the left wing.

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UK by-election: Nigel Farage faces 'record' number of rivals

A fresh by-election has been called in the UK constituency of Clacton, after Nigel Farage, the leader of the right-wing Reform UK party, resigned his seat to seek re-election. Farage had won the seat in 2024, securing 46% of the vote share.

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Met Police investigating donations to Reform UK party, media says

Reform, an anti-immigration group that has led the ruling Labour party in opinion polls for well over a year, is facing intense scrutiny over several alleged undeclared donations.

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Who is Count Binface - the alien warrior of British politics?

In a week when the race to become Britain’s next prime minister is effectively a one-horse race, there seems to be more suspense in another contest pitting Brexit champion Nigel Farage against a comedian going viral online. Is this a joke too far for Brits and their famous sense of humour?

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Farage's political rivals rule out standing in Clacton by-election

The shock announcement that he was stepping down came as Farage is the subject of a parliamentary probe over the non-disclosure of a €5.8 million donation from a Thailand-based crypto-currency billionaire.

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Nigel Farage says he's resigning as MP and will run in by-election

"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".

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Podcast | Ten years on, Brexit ghosts still linger

Ten years ago, the UK voted to leave the European Union. On the eve of the 23 June anniversary, we look at how both the EU and the UK have changed since Brexit.

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Watch: How Reform UK’s English landslide left Labour looking for a spark

The pro-Brexit Reform UK emerged as the biggest winner in last week’s English local elections, gaining more than 1,400 council seats. Most of those gains came from Labour, shifting the spotlight firmly onto its leader. But is his time in Number 10 already on the clock?

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Starmer says he will not quit after Labour losses in local elections

The votes are widely seen as an unofficial referendum on Prime Minister Keir Starmer, whose popularity has plummeted since he was elected less than two years ago.

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Local elections across UK test Starmer as Reform UK eyes major gains

UK voters began casting ballots on Thursday, 7 May, in local and devolved elections seen as the biggest political test yet for Prime Minister Keir Starmer since Labour’s landslide victory in July 2024.

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Hard-right Reform UK party eyes huge new gains in local polls

Reform UK has surged in polls largely due to its campaign against immigration and has vowed a wave of mass deportations if it wins the next general election in 2029.

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UK Greens trounce far right in key election as Labour face disaster

Two insurgent parties with a tiny number of MPs between them have shunted Britain's governing party into a humiliating defeat.

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Former British Home Secretary Suella Braverman defects to Reform UK

Braverman is the latest high-profile Conservative to embrace Reform UK leader Nigel Farage's message that Britain is broken and overrun by migrants.

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Trump sues JPMorgan CEO. Who else says 'lefty' banks shut them out?

The lawsuit alleges political “debanking” after the 2021 Capitol riots. Similar disputes have hit figures from Nigel Farage to Marine Le Pen, while banks reject claims of bias.

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