As expected, the Reform UK leader easily won the Clacton by-election but was nowhere to be seen after the result.

The Reform chief, who failed to show up for the result of the £250,000 contest he triggered, was re-elected as Clacton's MP, picking up 22,239 votes after all the major parties boycotted the contest ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Nigel Farage declared victory in the Clacton by-election on Friday. But as he cancelled a major speech planned ...

The prime minister says the prison early release scheme crisis shows he’s someone who had ‘never taken no for an answer’ ...