Polls open in Clacton, where Farage spent more than £10,000 in byelection against Count Binface – UK politics live

The Reform UK leader resigned as the MP for Clacton at the start of July and forced a byelectionYesterday the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade published a document saying that the government’s plan to ban zero-hours contracts could cost businesses up to £3bn a year. The government has already legislated for the ban, but it has not yet decided some of the precise details about how this will work and the document was published as part of a consultation. DBIST says:The government has taken this forward through 3 measures in the Employment Rights Act 2025, giving employees the