‘If he wants to spend summer arguing with a bin’: Treasury confirms Farage’s resignation accepted – UK politics live

Rachel Reeves ignored Ed Davey’s request to block Reform UK leader’s resignation until conclusion of standards inquiryFor anyone involved in British politics, an invitation to be interviewed on Radio 4’s Today programme is the ultimate badge of seriousness. There are probably hundreds of MPs who have never made it onto the programme because they have not been deemed important enough.But, as if to prove the point that the Clacton byelection really is a “farce” (see 7.59am), this morning Today had an interview with Count Binface, the serial joke byelection candidate who may turn out to be Nigel Farage’s main opposition