The real reason Nigel Farage fired himself

Nigel Farage's 'quit-and-reapply' stunt was intended to prove himself as the anti-establishment underdog, but all he’s really done is highlight the holes in his own illusion, say ex-Whitehall insiders Helen MacNamara and Cleo Watson. Reported by Maja Anushka

Cross-party committee of MPs found vital security vetting for New Labour grandee appeared to be viewed ‘as a nuisance’

There will be more ‘challenging discussions’ on the future of the benefit, official report admits

Data shows over 30,000 endorsements for drug-driving were added to licences in 2025

Exclusive: ‘Exceptionally frustrated’ watchdog has said ‘something has to change’ at the Crown Prosecution Service

Mr Burnham said he wanted to back British jobs and workers

Keir Starmer said he did not want to ‘jinx’ England by announcing a bank holiday

The Government has been examining ways to deport Shabir Ahmed, 73, since his release last week

Farage formally quits but by-election turns to farce as Count Binface emerges as Reform UK leader’s main rival

Footage captures the momenta young neo-Nazi was caught by undercover police in a fake arms deal in a Morrisons car park.

More than 100 kilos of the drug were recovered from an address

Nigel Farage’s resignation has triggered a sudden by-election in Clacton, where he hopes to give voters a chance to ‘stick two fingers up to the establishment’. Harriette Boucher headed to the seaside town to find out what his constituents really think

The Reform UK leader’s hopes of turning the contest into a battle ‘against the establishment’ in tatters as all other major parties boycott the vote, leaving comedic candidate Count Binface as his leading rival

Police officers were alerted to a man in the water by the coastguard

The judge dismissed the appeals of two people challenging decisions to extradite them to Romania

The man was participating in a race which allows people from ‘all walks of life’ to take part

The government has approved 30 nationally significant clean energy projects since coming to power in July 2024

The Reform UK leader’s hopes of turning the contest into a battle “against the establishment” in tatters as all other major parties boycott the vote, leaving comedic candidate Count Binface as his leading rival

What do Nigel Farage’s Clacton constituents think about his resignation?

The defendants left and then came back for more boxes less than two hours later

The Reform UK leader says he’s sticking two fingers up to the establishment – but our readers aren’t buying it. Here’s their verdict on his resignation stunt and the £5m question hanging over him...

Queen Camilla made her customary visit to Wimbledon as Arthur Fery took to the court for his Wimbledon quarter-final

He is believed to have fled to Zimbabwe, which does not have an extradition treaty with the UK

Some hearings are being moved to video calls

A mixed-heritage woman brought a case at the employment tribunal over her colleague’s use of the word

Mr Tervit was working at a height of around four metres when he was thrown from the platform

BA flight from Bridgetown, Barbados, to Heathrow was axed on Sunday after crew allegedly got drunk

Count Binface has pledged to run against Nigel Farage, after the Reform UK leader resigned as an MP to trigger a by-election in Clacton.

He is believed to have fled to Zimbabwe, which does not have an extradition treaty with the UK

Detectives are said to be analysing around 60 transactions and investigating more than a million emails