Kemi Badenoch pens letter to Clacton voters ahead of by-election
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has written to Clacton voters criticizing Nigel Farage ahead of a by-election. The election was triggered by Farage's resignation, which followed an investigation into his financial declarations.
Why it matters
The by-election serves as a political test for Reform UK and highlights ongoing debates regarding parliamentary transparency and ethics.
Image source, PA Images Image caption, Kemi Badenoch has written a letter to voters in north-east Essex ahead of next week's by-election
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has vowed to "put forward a serious candidate" to run in a coastal by-election if a standards investigation leads to another one.
Voters in Clacton in Essex are due to go to the polls on Thursday after Nigel Farage stood down as an MP, triggering a by-election that he will stand in.
Reform UK's leader will be one of 34 candidates on the lengthy ballot paper , although Labour, the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Greens are not putting up candidates, claiming the resignation is a stunt with no bearing on the inquiry.
In a letter "to the people of Clacton", Badenoch wrote: "Nigel Farage has called this by-election not to help you, but to help himself."
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