- Nigel Farage announced he will resign as MP for Clacton to trigger a by-election amid scrutiny over his finances and a parliamentary watchdog investigation.
- Major parties (Labour, Tories, Lib Dems) have refused to stand candidates in the by-election, leaving satirical candidate Count Binface as Farage's only opponent.
- Critics, including Defence Secretary Dan Jarvis, call it a 'desperate' stunt, suggesting Farage senses he is 'in real trouble' over a £5 million gift from a cryptocurrency billionaire.
- Farage faces a standards probe over the £5 million gift and another over support from convicted fraudster George Cottrell, with MPs required to register gifts over £300.