Nigel Farage Resigns To Trigger Special Election
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Nigel Farage has confirmed a major address to the nation at 2pm on Tuesday. Mr Farage is to address his political future in a video statement which will go live at 2pm. The Reform UK leader will not be taking questions or elaborating on the contents of the ...
By Elizabeth Piper, Sam Tabahriti and William James LONDON, July 7 (Reuters) - Nigel Farage, leader of the populist Reform UK party, said on Tuesday he was standing down to fight again for his place in parliament,
The leader of Reform UK quits as an MP but says he'll run in the by-election it triggers.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage announced he will quit as an MP and fight a by-election after coming under intense pressure over unregistered donations of cash and support. In a video statement, Clacton Mr Farage said: “I have done nothing wrong.
Union leaders have slammed Nigel Farage after he called on them to ditch Labour and back Reform UK instead. In a major policy announcement, he said Reform was now “the party of the workers”. He urged trade unions to affiliate with Reform UK and for their leaders to attend the party’s annual conference in Birmingham in September.
As another far-right party gains ground, scrutiny of Farage’s outside earnings challenges his anti-establishment image.
The Reform UK leader says the payment from Direct Bullion was for work amounting to four hours per month for a three-month period.
Populist British lawmaker Nigel Farage has resigned amid a financial scandal, but says he'll run in a snap election to reclaim his seat.
Nigel Farage is a great survivor. A decade ago, the British populist provocateur achieved his lifelong ambition—getting his country to vote itself out of the European Union. Since then, he has founded Reform UK—now Britain’s most popular party—and won a seat in Parliament after seven failed attempts.
