Nigel Farage latest: Labour, Greens and Lib Dems join Tories in refusing to engage in by-election ‘stunt’

Liveupdated{"lang":"en","timestamp":1783491517}NewsUKUK PoliticsNigel Farage latest: Labour, Greens and Lib Dems join Tories in refusing to engage in by-election ‘stunt’Andy Burnham dubs decision ‘gimmick designed to distract from serious allegations about funders’David Maddox, Kate Devlin, Millie Cooke & Dan HaygarthWednesday 08 July 2026 07:18 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b3010392","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/nigel-farage-reform-uk-statement-live-updates-b3010392.html","title":"Nigel Farage latest:…

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