His aim throughout the forthcoming campaign is to clearly frame this by-election as "the people versus the establishment".

The Reform UK leader faces a challenge from Count Binface as the main parties rule out standing in Clacton.

The BBC's political editor Chris Mason reflects on the fallout from the Defence Investment Plan.

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The prime minister's decision to send Lord Mandelson to Washington is like a horror film for Sir Keir Starmer, stuck on repeat. The whole saga has now cost another person their job – Sir Olly Robbins, ...

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