Ann Widdecombe defended Nigel Farage’s re-election bid in Clacton as “the right course to take” in her final TV interview just a day before her death at the age of 78.

Watch live as police hold a press conference on Friday (10 July) after the death of former MP Ann Widdecombe .

Some 33 per cent of British adults would prefer Count Binface to win, while only 21 per cent back the Reform UK leader

Mr Farage is facing scrutiny over a £5m gift from a crypto billionaire and a £1m donation from convicted fraudster George Cottrell’s mother

Andy Burnham’s proposal to fix the UK’s dire economic situation is to devolve and cosy up to Europe – but the solution may lie elsewhere, argues Helen MacNamara. Reported by Maja Anushka

PM-in-waiting apologises for Labour’s response to violence in Gaza, saying they ‘didn’t get it right’

Some 73% of Britons think the Reform UK leader is sleazy, as police probe donations to the party made by the mother of convicted fraudster George Cottrell

Andy Burnham has promised “growth in every postcode”. It is a big, attractive political line – the sort of thing voters want to hear after years of feeling poorer, public services feeling stretched, and wages struggling to keep up with the cost of living. It is also a promise that tells us a lot about Burnham’s politics. He has long argued that Britain is too London-centric, that Whitehall is too slow, and that too many decisions about towns and cities are made by people who do not live in them.

The vocal Brexit campaigner also appeared on Strictly and Celebrity Big Brother

Kemi Badenoch accuses Farage of ‘fake by-election’ as independent parties left to take the Reform leader on