Nigel Farage quits as MP amid scrutiny over finances

Farage was under pressure over undeclared gifts, including from crypto gambler and fraudster George Cottrell UK politics live – latest updates Nigel Farage has announced he is to resign as the MP for Clacton to fight a byelection, revealing he is under a second investigation by the parliamentary standards watchdog over undeclared gifts. The Reform UK leader said it was part of “sticking two fingers up at the establishment” and it would prove that the public wanted him to stay on as an MP. Con