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- Reform UK leader Nigel Farage will contest the Clacton by-election on 13 August after resigning as MP, with comedy candidate Count Binface as his opponent.
- The main Westminster parties are boycotting the poll, which Tendring District Council moved from 6 August to 13 August after receiving the writ on Friday.
- Nominations run from Monday to 17 July, with residents to register by 28 July and present valid ID or a Voter Authority Certificate to vote.
