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Electioncast: Farage Runs (Again)

Nigel Farage to stand in election, and become leader of Reform UK

Today, we look at Nigel Farage announcing he is standing for election to become a MP, and will also become leader of Reform UK.

The former UKIP and Brexit Party leader announced he had ‘changed his mind’ after initially ruling himself out of standing. At an ‘emergency election announcement’ it was revealed he would be taking over from Richard Tice as Reform’s leader. Adam, Chris Mason and Alex Forsyth discuss what this means for the rest of campaign.

And Marianna Spring gives us an update from her undercover voters, to see what malicious content is appearing and who is being targeted.

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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Sam McLaren and Gemma Roper. The technical producer was Daffyd Evans. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.

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