Nigel Farage has dramatically resigned as an MP to trigger a by-election in his Clacton constituency in protest at growing scrutiny over his personal finances, in a move condemned as “a desperate political stunt”.
The Reform UK leader, who is facing at least one probe over unregistered donations of cash and support to him, insisted he had done nothing wrong and accused his Westminster opponents of using sleaze investigations as a “political tool” against him.
