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Farage Resigns to fight by-election

  Farage steps down as MP 'I am the most attacked public figure of modern times' Parliamentary investigations are being weaponised as political tool, claims Farage Leader of Reform UK faces sleaze inquiries Farage allegedly failed to report donations from cryptocurrency billionaire and convicted fraudster Farage: I have done nothing wrong ‘I have not broken the law in any way at all,’ says Reform UK leader LiveFarage resigns to fight by-election 07 July 2026 2:44pm BST key moments Farage steps down as MP Reform UK leader’s resignation will trigger by-election in Clacton. Follow the latest below 'I am the most attacked public figure of modern times' Parliamentary investigations are being weaponised as political tool, claims Farage Leader of Reform UK faces sleaze inquiries Farage allegedly failed to report donations from cryptocurrency billionaire and convicted fraudster Farage: I have done nothing wrong ‘I have not broken the law in any way at all,’ says Reform UK leade...
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Democracy has left the building

Daily Telegraph 6 July 2026 Good afternoon. Lucy Powell, Labour’s deputy leader and a close ally of Andy Burnham, has said social media sites should face censorship during elections to ensure the public makes “informed choices based on accurate information”. Combined with votes at 16, a foreign donor ban, the abolition of hereditary peers, the possibility that Sir Keir Starmer will stack the Lords on exiting Downing Street and a growing appetite for regulating freedom of speech, a pattern is emerging. Labour increasingly looks like a party that cannot win under the existing rules, so it is rewriting them instead.

Eight reasons England vs Mexico was one of the great World Cup games

  From Bellingham’s quick-fire double to remarkable rearguard action, Telegraph Sport dissects the game of the tournament so far Daily Telegraph 06/07/26 Link England’s clash with Mexico turned into a chaotic World Cup classic as they overcame the conditions, fervent home crowd and a red card to book their place in the quarter-finals. Telegraph Sport breaks down how it unfolded. The atmosphere and the aggro There was so much talk about the mythical atmosphere at the Azteca and the challenge England would face. It did not disappoint. This was probably the craziest, most intense game of football that anyone who was inside the stadium has ever attended. On the pitch and off it, with the intensity of the fans something to behold. From two, three hours before the delayed kick-off. It was a mad game in a mad stadium in a gloriously mad city. And England and Tuchel can take so much credit from how they handled it. This was a result and a performance for the ages , the kind of transformati...