When is Clacton by-election this month as Nigel Farage vies to win seat back

The Reform leader's decision to seek re-election could backfire

Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio has urged Parliament to pass disputed electoral reforms that would lower the presidential victory threshold, introduce proportional representation and reserve 30 percent of political leadership positions for women.

Nigel Farage will hold a press conference at 11 on Monday morning with his home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf - follow live updates below

Discrepancies have been found between final voter figures and on-site tallies from the June 3 local elections, data acquired by a lawmaker showed Monday, amid a widening probe into irregularities surrounding the elections. The discrepancies were found in 1,971 neighborhoods out of the total 3,558 across the nation for

EXCLUSIVE: Experts say Nigel Farage's plan to avoid a probe into his personal finances has 'backfired' as the by-election, in which he's up against Count Binface, has become a 'joke'

It is not known who piloted the plane, which spent around half an hour drawing the flight path on Saturday

Craig Munro | Senior Politics Reporter Published August 9, 2026 12:22pm Updated August 9, 2026 12:22pm The bin was traced off the Clacton coast yesterday afternoon (Picture: Flightradar/Count Binface) With just four days to go until Clacton goes to the polls in Nigel Farage’s by-election, one pilot has gone to extreme

The boycott by major parties has opened the door to a host of by-election hopefuls. Here's who's on the metre-long ballot paper...