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Left / Centre-Left
GUARDIAN · MIRROR
Polls closed at 10pm in the Clacton by-election - triggered after Nigel Farage's resignation from the Commons in the midst of a Commons probe over his finances. Follow the latest updates below
<p>Leader of Reform UK on course to defeat Count Binface and an assortment of fringe candidates as polls close in Essex </p><p>Voting has closed in one of the UK’s more unusual and l
<p>Longest ballot in UK voting history features likes of Count Binface and Howling Laud Hope alongside Reform leader </p><p>Polls have closed in Clacton, where thousands of residents
<p>Greater use of private rental properties would form part of PM’s plan to spread accommodation more evenly across UK</p><p>Ministers are considering paying higher prices for housin
<p>Higher education figures call on Labour to reverse tax on fees and warn institutions at risk of ‘going under’</p><p>University leaders are warning of financial turmoil in British
The US President has taken the broadcaster to court over an episode of Panorama that aired in the UK a week before the 2024 election, but was not broadcast in the United States
Centrist / Neutral
BBC · FT · SKY
Countryside battles punishing conditions as Britain faces its fifth heatwave of the year
The UK government says it is "disrupting and deterring shadow fleet vessels" in accordance with the law.
Labour's employment rights bill crackdown on zero hours contracts could cost businesses up to £2.9bn a year, new official analysis has found.
Retailers have warned that a ban on zero-hours contracts risks inflicting a "hammer blow to young people's job prospects" after the government's own analysis found the move could cost busine
Monica Lennon, Joe Fagan and Michael Marra are competing to fill the post vacated by Anas Sarwar.
A requiem mass is held for the former MP at Buckfast Abbey in Devon, near her Dartmoor home.
Right / Centre-Right
MAIL · TELEGRAPH · SUN
CLACTON voters will soon discover who will be their next MP after a record-breaking by-election. Polling stations opened at 7am, but the 34-candidate ballot means the count could run later than usual.
NIGEL Farage has been spotted heading to the polls to cast his vote in the Clacton by-election. The Reform UK leader is one of a staggering 34 candidates standing in the constituency - a record number
VOTERS have warned Chancellor John Healey to keep the fuel duty freeze in place as prices soar. Sixty-three per cent of Brits demand the rate be kept down as motorists grapple with high pump prices am
A LABOUR MP has been accused of raiding a historic cafe’s fridge on a sombre trip to Normandy to mark the anniversary of D-Day. Amanda Martin is said to have barged into the kitchen and started helpin
LABOUR’S crackdown on zero-hours contracts could cost business up to £3 billion, a damning government assessment reveals. The party came to power with a pledge to ban “exploitative” zero-hours contrac
CLACTON voters face a record-breaking choice when they pick their next MP on Thursday. The ballot paper for the August 13, 2026 by-election is around 3ft long after an unprecedented 34 candidates ente
Left / Centre-Left
GUARDIAN · MIRROR
Polls closed at 10pm in the Clacton by-election - triggered after Nigel Farage's resignation from the Commons in the midst of a Commons probe over his finances. Follow the latest updates below
<p>Leader of Reform UK on course to defeat Count Binface and an assortment of fringe candidates as polls close in Essex </p><p>Voting has closed in one of the UK’s more unusual and l
<p>Longest ballot in UK voting history features likes of Count Binface and Howling Laud Hope alongside Reform leader </p><p>Polls have closed in Clacton, where thousands of residents
<p>Greater use of private rental properties would form part of PM’s plan to spread accommodation more evenly across UK</p><p>Ministers are considering paying higher prices for housin
<p>Higher education figures call on Labour to reverse tax on fees and warn institutions at risk of ‘going under’</p><p>University leaders are warning of financial turmoil in British
The US President has taken the broadcaster to court over an episode of Panorama that aired in the UK a week before the 2024 election, but was not broadcast in the United States
Centrist / Neutral
BBC · FT · SKY
Countryside battles punishing conditions as Britain faces its fifth heatwave of the year
The UK government says it is "disrupting and deterring shadow fleet vessels" in accordance with the law.
Labour's employment rights bill crackdown on zero hours contracts could cost businesses up to £2.9bn a year, new official analysis has found.
Retailers have warned that a ban on zero-hours contracts risks inflicting a "hammer blow to young people's job prospects" after the government's own analysis found the move could cost busine
Monica Lennon, Joe Fagan and Michael Marra are competing to fill the post vacated by Anas Sarwar.
A requiem mass is held for the former MP at Buckfast Abbey in Devon, near her Dartmoor home.
Right / Centre-Right
MAIL · TELEGRAPH · SUN
CLACTON voters will soon discover who will be their next MP after a record-breaking by-election. Polling stations opened at 7am, but the 34-candidate ballot means the count could run later than usual.
NIGEL Farage has been spotted heading to the polls to cast his vote in the Clacton by-election. The Reform UK leader is one of a staggering 34 candidates standing in the constituency - a record number
VOTERS have warned Chancellor John Healey to keep the fuel duty freeze in place as prices soar. Sixty-three per cent of Brits demand the rate be kept down as motorists grapple with high pump prices am
A LABOUR MP has been accused of raiding a historic cafe’s fridge on a sombre trip to Normandy to mark the anniversary of D-Day. Amanda Martin is said to have barged into the kitchen and started helpin
LABOUR’S crackdown on zero-hours contracts could cost business up to £3 billion, a damning government assessment reveals. The party came to power with a pledge to ban “exploitative” zero-hours contrac
CLACTON voters face a record-breaking choice when they pick their next MP on Thursday. The ballot paper for the August 13, 2026 by-election is around 3ft long after an unprecedented 34 candidates ente
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