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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Helen Corbett

Farage by-election bid risks backfiring as main parties will not contest vote

The major political parties have announced they will not stand candidates in a by-election called by Reform UK leader Nigel Farage (Gareth Fuller/PA) - (PA Wire)

Nigel Farage’s attempt to fight a “people versus the establishment” by-election risks falling flat, with the major parties saying they will not contest the vote he has triggered.

The Reform UK leader said he would quit as an MP on Tuesday as he came under further scrutiny over his finances, saying that the voters in Clacton “should be the judges of my actions”.

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