‘If he wants to spend summer arguing with a bin’: Treasury confirms Farage’s resignation accepted – UK politics live

According to the Guardian, the UK Treasury has confirmed Nigel Farage's resignation, after Rachel Reeves rejected a request to delay it pending a standards inquiry. The Clacton byelection that follows presents an unusual dynamic: with other major parties not standing, the satirical candidate Count Binface emerges as Farage's likely main challenger.

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