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Express Politics8 Jul 2026

New 10 year rule could see some migrants get 'special treatment'

The Home Secretary spoke to a committee in Parliament about what could happen.

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Conservative Home8 Jul 2026

‘Desperate’, ‘cowardly’ and ‘like a toddler’ – what do MPs make of Farage’s resignation?

Each month, Farage becomes a greater liability for his own party. Gone are the days when he could be wheeled out in front of a crowd and watch Reform's polling skyrocket. He is a marmite politician now The post ‘Desperate’, ‘cowardly’ and ‘like a toddler’ – what do MPs make of Farage’s resignation? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Express Politics8 Jul 2026

Britain could face £4trillion bill and 'national bankruptcy' from climate change claims

A landmark ruling on climate change responsibilities could lead to 'national bankruptcy', according to major report endorsed by top legal and political figures

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Express Politics8 Jul 2026

PMQs LIVE: David Lammy stands in for Keir Starmer after Nigel Farage bombshell

David Lammy will take part in PMQs after Nigel Farage's bombshell by-election announcement - follow live

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Conservative Home8 Jul 2026

Katie Lam: The shabby Government ambiguity that lets Shabir, a child rapist, free to stay in the UK

The Home Secretary, for example, has the power to change the rules. Between Parliament’s absolute power, and the broad powers delegated to ministers – a Government has the ability to act very quickly and very decisively. But will it? The post Katie Lam: The shabby Government ambiguity that lets Shabir, a child rapist, free to stay in the UK appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home8 Jul 2026

Liam Bones: We need to welcome back any Reform voters who left us but shut the door hard on defectors

Conservative voters who lent Reform their support can and should be won back. We need millions of them if we are to form a government again. But voters are one thing. Political opportunists are another. Rebuilding requires more than bigger numbers. It requires better people. The post Liam Bones: We need to welcome back any Reform voters who left us but shut the door hard on defectors appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics8 Jul 2026

Farage is likely to win in Clacton but can his credibility survive? | Peter Walker

While the Reform leader casts himself as the victim questions about his finances are unlikely to disappear Farage quits as an MP amid scrutiny of his finances For Nigel Farage, a year that was progressing quite nicely started to go wrong when the Guardian revealed he had received an undeclared gift of £5m from a crypto billionaire. Just 10 weeks later, he has been pushed into perhaps one of the biggest gambles of his political career. That gamble is seemingly not with his role as an MP. Farage

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BBC Politics7 Jul 2026

Farage's rivals rule out standing in Clacton by-election

The Reform UK leader says he wants an "establishment versus the people by-election" but Labour calls it a "circus".

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BBC Politics7 Jul 2026

Chris Mason: Farage attempts to seize back the agenda after finance row

His aim throughout the forthcoming campaign is to clearly frame this by-election as "the people versus the establishment".

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The Guardian Politics7 Jul 2026

‘My friends are very anti him’: Clacton weary at prospect of Farage byelection

The Reform leader’s constituents weren’t very enthusiastic about their MP, or Westminster politics in general It was one of the most-watched contests of the 2024 general election, where Nigel Farage’s campaign culminated with the Reform UK leader addressing thousands on Clacton’s seafront through the hatch of an armoured Land Rover. Two years on, however, the prospect of a second “battle of Clacton” was unravelling in the hours after Farage’s announcement that he was triggering a “people versus

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The Guardian Politics7 Jul 2026

Revealed: Farage’s £5m gift reported to UK crime agency over money laundering concerns

Exclusive: Latest Guardian revelation about gift from cryptocurrency tycoon comes as Reform UK leader forces byelection The £5m gift to Nigel Farage by a cryptocurrency billionaire was reported to the National Crime Agency by bankers who were concerned it may have been laundered money, the Guardian can reveal. The disclosure will put further pressure on the Reform UK leader, who is awaiting a decision by the standards commissioner over whether his failure to declare the money breached parliament

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The Guardian Politics7 Jul 2026

Nigel Farage rejects scrutiny from UK parliament and calls a ‘people v establishment’ byelection

Reform UK leader says he has ‘never been angrier’ – but opposition leaders accuse him of a ‘desperate stunt’ Flanked by union jack flags, with a spectacular view of the City of London behind him, Nigel Farage said he had “never been angrier”. In an address that was billed as a “statement on my future in public life”, the leader of Reform UK, the rightwing, anti-immigration party that remains ahead in most national polls but which has been dipping recently, said he would not tolerate any more of

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