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Nigel Farage resigns as MP so why is he triggering a by-election? | BBC News
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4:54Now PlayingNigel Farage says he will resign as an MP for Clacton, triggering a by-election which he will stand in.
Farage says he wants to let the "people of Clacton" judge his "actions”.
This follows the Reform UK leader recently facing questions following the Sunday Times reporting he had not declared benefits, including staff and security, received from the convicted fraudster George Cottrell, before he was an MP.
He is also under investigation by Parliament's Standards Commissioner for not declaring a £5m gift he received from Christopher Harborne, a Thailand-based British cryptocurrency investor, before his election.
Nigel Farage has said that he has done "nothing wrong.”
BBC Political Correspondent Joe Pike breaks down how this by-election could unfold and what will happen to the investigation into some of Farage's finances.
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