Britain's Farage resigns as MP to stand for re-election amid furore over gift worth millions

According to France 24, Nigel Farage, leader of the populist party Reform UK, said on Tuesday that he is resigning as a member of parliament in order to stand for re-election. The move comes amid a furore over the alleged non-disclosure of gifts said to be worth millions of pounds. Farage framed the resignation as a way to let voters, rather than parliament, decide whether he should keep his seat over the scandal.

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