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The actress was reported to be considering being the party’s candidate to take on Tory chairman Richard Holden

How climate-denying money is influencing UK politics in the run-up to the general election

‘I spent three weeks with Farage in the jungle – he is not interested in making UK a better place,’ ex-ITV series contestant said

Nigel Farage is director and majority shareholder of Reform UK - which he insists will ‘democratise over time’

Nigel Farage is back. The newly appointed leader of the Reform UK party has just announced his intention to run to be the MP for the Essex seaside town of Clacton – the only constituency to have ever elected an MP from Farage’s former party UKIP in a general election.

Police arrest 25-year-old after Reform UK leader, whose entry into election race has alarmed Tories, drenched in Clacton

The newly-crowned Reform UK leader kicked off his general election campaign in Clacton on Tuesday

What changed? Until his press conference yesterday lobbed a hand grenade into the stagnant water of this election campaign, Nigel Farage had been emphatic that he would not be standing as a parliamentary candidate for Reform UK; and that he would, in any case, be busy in the United States…

With polls predicting huge losses for the Conservatives and huge gains for Labour, the election campaign so far has focused on the battle between the two biggest parties in Westminster. But the parliamentary dynamics are exceptionally fluid this year. Here’s a summary of where every party in Westminster currently stands…