Why has UK Reform’s Nigel Farage resigned as MP? What happens next?
- The leader of the far-right, anti-immigration Reform UK party, Nigel Farage, has resigned from his seat in parliament and plans to stand again for his constituency amid allegations that he received and failed to declare millions of dollars in donations.
- The surprise announcement came on Tuesday as Farage faced the possibility of a parliamentary investigation into at least two funding scandals.
- A finding against him could have seen Farage suspended from parliament, possibly triggering a recall petition and a by-election in his constituency, Clacton, in eastern England.
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- The leader of the far-right, anti-immigration Reform UK party, Nigel Farage, has resigned from his seat in parliament and plans to stand again for his constituency amid allegations that he received and failed to declare millions of dollars in donations.
- The surprise announcement came on Tuesday as Farage faced the possibility of a parliamentary investigation into at least two funding scandals.
- A finding against him could have seen Farage suspended from parliament, possibly triggering a recall petition and a by-election in his constituency, Clacton, in eastern England.
Sources: Al Jazeera