Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has resigned as an MP triggering a byelection in the constituency of Clacton-on-Sea, which he says he will stand in.

It comes amid a row over his financial support, after The Sunday Times reported he had not declared benefits, including staff and security, received from his ally George Cottrell, who was convicted of fraud in the US.

“I’ve done nothing wrong” Farage said on a live stream provided by his Reform UK party and broadcast on British news channels.

Inside Politics host Hugh Linehan speaks to our London Correspondent Mark Paul about what this move represents for British politics, and what happens next.

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Produced by Andrew McNair.