Election campaign day 13: Farage is back

Nigel Farage has staged a dramatic comeback, reclaiming the leadership of Reform UK and announcing he will be standing in the Essex seaside seat of Clacton.

Here are the key moments from day 13 of the campaign:

– Farage’s big U-turnWith a typical taste for political theatre, Mr Farage turned all the election calculations on their head as he declared that he will not only be standing in the election but he will lead his party for the next five years.

At a press conference to announce his decision, he said that he could not let down those supporters who had come up to him in the street while he was out campaigning and begged him to run.

“I can’t turn my back on the people’s army,” he said, adding  there  had been