- Aug 14
Farage wins Clacton by-election against Count Binface as donation probe restarts
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage regained his Clacton-on-Sea seat on 14 August 2026 in a by-election he triggered, winning between 62.8% and 63.3% of the vote against satirical candidate Count Binface, while a parliamentary probe into a £5 million undeclared donation restarts.
- Jul 6
MPs accuse UK government of mis-selling student loans and urge reversal of repayment threshold freeze
A cross-party committee of MPs has accused the government of mis-selling student loans by comparing repayments to phone contracts, and called for an immediate reversal of the three-year freeze on the earnings threshold at which graduates start repaying.
