{
  "id": 740706,
  "title": "Can UK's hard-right Farage bin financial probe with by-election win?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/can-uks-hard-right-farage-bin-financial-probe-with-by-election-win",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T05:38:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RFI English",
    "slug": "rfi-english",
    "url": "https://www.rfi.fr/en/international/20260813-can-uk-s-hard-right-farage-bin-financial-probe-with-snap-poll"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Nigel Farage – leader of the anti-immigration Reform UK party – will be fighting for his parliamentary seat on Thursday, going head to head with parody candidate Count Binface in snap polls. The by-election was called after Farage resigned amid a probe into his finances. But the surprise move threatens to backfire as none of the major political parties has fielded a candidate.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}