Nigel Farage will replace Richard Tice as leader of Reform UK, he has announced.
The former Ukip leader said he will stand as a candidate in Clacton, Essex, on July 4 – despite announcing less than two weeks ago that he wouldn’t.
Speaking at a press conference in London confirming his U-turn, Mr Farage said: “Difficult though it is, I can’t let down those millions of people, I simply can’t do it, it’d be wrong.
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