Why has Nigel Farage resigned as an MP? Reform UK leader triggers by-election

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage makes a statement to the media at the party headquarters in Millbank, central London (Image: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire)

NIGEL Farage has announced that he will quit as an MP and fight a by-election in his own constituency after coming under intense pressure over unregistered donations of cash and support.

In a video statement, the Reform UK leader said: “I have done nothing wrong. I have not broken the law in any way at all.”