Farage faces byelection walkover as major parties shun Clacton contest

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Major UK political parties, including Labour, the Conservatives, and the Green Party, have confirmed they will not field candidates in the Clacton byelection, clearing the path for Nigel Farage's return to Parliament. Reform UK's Scottish leader Malcolm Offord [called the boycott an

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