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11 hours ago

BBC not trying to ingratiate' itself to Reform UK, Tim Davie tells MPs

The BBC increased coverage of Reform UK to reflect its rising support and changing political landscape while asserting a commitment to fair, impartial reporting.
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fromwww.bbc.com
15 hours ago

Reform 'would scrap' high-speed northern rail line

Reform UK would cancel Northern Powerhouse Rail, reallocating funds away from east–west high-speed rail and criticizing related spending as 'insanity'.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Reform UK would axe any high-speed northern rail schemes, says Richard Tice

Reform pledges to cancel northern high-speed rail projects and reallocate funding to local rail and road improvements if elected.
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4 days ago
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Ex-Tory minister Nadine Dorries defects to Reform UK

Nadine Dorries has defected from the Conservative Party to Reform UK, declaring the Tory Party dead and urging members to look to the future.
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1 week ago
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Chris Mason: Starmer faces pressure to deliver as he tries to strike contrast with Reform

Prime Minister Keir Starmer prioritizes delivery amid criticism his promised change has been slow, while Reform UK gains momentum through asylum-focused campaigning.
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1 week ago
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Chris Mason: Starmer faces pressure to deliver as he tries to strike contrast with Reform

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fromwww.independent.co.uk
4 days ago

What are Reform UK's policies as party conference kicks off in Birmingham?

Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, advances controversial anti-immigration and tax policies amid rising polls while funding for its spending promises remains unclear.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
4 days ago

Farage warns Labour chaos will force Starmer into 2027 general election

Nigel Farage urges Reform UK to prepare for a possible 2027 general election, citing bond-market turmoil and Labour's economic handling as catalysts.
fromwww.bbc.com
1 day ago

Reform criticised over doctor's Covid jab claims at conference

Aseem Malholtra, an adviser to US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, said: "One of Britain's most eminent oncologists Professor Angus Dalgleish said to me to share with you today that he thinks it's highly likely that the Covid vaccines have been a significant factor in the cancers in the royal family." Wes Streeting, the health secretary, said that it was "shockingly irresponsible" of Reform to allow Dr Malholtra at the conference.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

Angela Rayner's exit proves it. Unless Starmer is able to meet this moment, Reform is on the path to power | John Harris

Reform UK is surging as a populist, celebrity-driven outsider party exploiting emotive politics and mainstream parties' failures despite limited MPs and sparse policies.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

Nigel Farage says Reform UK will not make pact with Boris Johnson

Nigel Farage rejects a pact with Boris Johnson, blaming Johnson for post‑Brexit immigration increases and saying voters will never forgive him.
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fromBusiness Matters
2 days ago

Labour weighs human rights reform as Mahmood shifts right on migration to counter Reform UK

Ministers consider changing the ECHR and tightening migration policy, including returns deals and moving asylum seekers to barracks, amid Reform UK's polling surge.
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2 days ago

Ministers considering human rights reform in bid to head off Reform as defence secretary say Starmer going up a gear' UK politics live

Nigel Farage, Reform UK's leader, has said there is every chance of a general election in 2027 and declared he will run on a pledge to stop the boats within two weeks of entering No 10. The Sunday Times is reporting that Mahmood, conscious of Farage's popularity with voters, is likely to want to reform the European convention on human rights (ECHR), with a source telling the paper that the former justice secretary would start with the unthinkable and work backwards.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
3 days ago

Reform called irresponsible' after doctor links King's cancer with Covid vaccine

Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
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4 days ago
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Reform conference shows a party keen to present itself as normal | Peter Walker

Reform UK's Birmingham conference took steps to appear like a functioning political party by adding fringe events, diverse views, and organisational trappings beyond rallies.
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago
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Rees-Mogg, Gove and pyrotechnics: what to expect from Reform party conference

Reform UK will hold a high-profile, 30-hour conference in Birmingham drawing major figures, business attendees, and amplified hard-right messaging under Nigel Farage.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

What are the priorities for the new home secretary, Shabana Mahmood?

The MP for Birmingham Ladywood has won admirers for being an effective justice secretary and persuasive communicator while forcing through potentially explosive policies such as prisoners' early release schemes and a new sentencing regime. But her ability to tackle her new responsibilities which include immigration, national security and policing will be seen as key to curbing the growing electoral threat of Nigel Farage's Reform UK party.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 days ago

Drill baby, drill': Reform UK zero in on Ed Miliband's climate policies

Twelve thousand people are supposed to be attending Reform UK's party conference in Birmingham over three days this week (according to Reform at least), and Crossman is one of them. Their leader, Nigel Farage, has said it is ridiculous to refer to carbon dioxide as a pollutant and added: I can't tell you whether CO2 is leading to warming or not.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
4 days ago

Starmer forced to shake up top team after Rayner resigns over tax row

Angela Rayner resigned as deputy prime minister and housing secretary after admitting a £40,000 tax shortfall, prompting a major reshuffle and increasing pressure on Keir Starmer's government.
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fromwww.bbc.com
4 days ago

Do Reform's economic plans add up?

Reform UK claims ending net-zero policies could save £30bn yearly, but OBR figures show smaller public spending savings and significant lost fuel duty revenue.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
4 days ago

Andrea Jenkyns belts out own song in bizarre Reform conference entrance

Dame Andrea Jenkyns performed the self-penned song "Insomniac" at the Reform UK conference and said she co-wrote it 20 years ago.
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago

Reform UK could strip FCA of power to regulate banking if elected

Nigel Farage could strip the City watchdog of its power to regulate the banking industry under a sweeping overhaul to undo changes made after the 2008 financial crisis if Reform UK was elected to government. The leader of the party at the top of opinion polls has said he wants to prepare for the potential for an early general election in 2027.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
4 days ago

Dorries' defection is a major scalp for Reform even if the Tories won't miss her

Nigel Farage's Reform is attracting high-profile former Conservatives like Nadine Dorries, signaling a shift of Boris Johnson loyalists toward Reform, appealing to red wall voters.
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4 days ago

Reform may need to rethink 90bn tax cuts pledge, deputy suggests

Asked about what he would do as chancellor, Tice said the party's priority would be to focus on savings and cutting regulation. "We have to focus on the savings because regrettably the finances of this country are in terrible, terrible trouble," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme. "We will have to deal with whatever nightmare situation the government finances are in at the time of the next general election."
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4 days ago
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Brexit didn't solve Britain's woes, but no matter: leaving the ECHR definitely will. Sounds simple, doesn't it? | Polly Toynbee

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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Farage's plan to deport thousands of asylum seekers draws scorn from legal experts

Nigel Farage proposes detaining and deporting all small-boat asylum arrivals, including women and children, and removing UK human rights and refugee protections.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Nigel Farage to unveil plans for mass deportations if Reform UK wins next general election UK politics live

Nigel Farage’s Reform party pledges mass deportations, disapplication of international law, and banning asylum claims for illegal entrants if it attains government power.
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4 days ago
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Brexit didn't solve Britain's woes, but no matter: leaving the ECHR definitely will. Sounds simple, doesn't it? | Polly Toynbee

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fromwww.theguardian.com
4 days ago

They're toxic but popular': businesses wary as they head to Reform's party conference

Businesses face reputational dilemmas over sponsoring or attending a high-profile Reform UK conference offering premium packages and VIP access, so many send junior staff instead.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
5 days ago

Nadine Dorries defects to Reform UK and declares I'm 100% behind Nigel Farage'

Nadine Dorries defected from the Conservative Party to Reform UK, endorsing Nigel Farage on law, immigration, spending cuts, growth, and support for Ukraine.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

Reform given almost 1m by former Tory donors in second quarter of 2025

Reform UK received nearly £1m from former Conservative donors in Q2, including £500,000 from Nick Candy.
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fromwww.bbc.com
5 days ago

A four-minute sit-down with Reform UK's Richard Tice

Reform UK claims rising support in London, highlighting public anger about crime and promising significant gains in next May's elections.
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago

Wealth tax needed to help working people and avoid threat from Reform, says union chief

Paul Nowak, general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), urged the chancellor to stay the course on her plans to invest in the country, adding that the government should not be afraid of adopting a little bit of economic leftwing populism. Ahead of the TUC's annual gathering this weekend, he called Nigel Farage an absolute political opportunist who could be challenged by Labour demonstrating that it was genuinely on the side of working people, through better employment rights and a fairer tax system.
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fromwww.bbc.com
6 days ago

Farage to speak to council leader over press ban

Nigel Farage will meet Reform UK councillor Mick Barton after Barton banned Nottinghamshire Live reporters following a dispute over a local government reorganisation story.
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago

Angela Rayner is a picture of misery but Dr Kemi passes up open goal | John Crace

You could argue that prime minister's questions is no longer fit for purpose. Indeed, that it never really has been. Just a theatre showcase for some performance politics where few answers are ever extracted from the prime minister. To which you might now add that the Tories are not the real opposition. So Kemi Badenoch is essentially an impostor. Sometime over the summer the mantle of official opposition passed to Reform UK. So it really should be Nigel Farage, not Kemi, asking the questions.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
6 days ago

Reform local media ban is a glimpse of what may happen with Farage in power

Reform UK is restricting media access locally, risking nationwide press suppression; supporting independent, paywall-free journalism through donations preserves crucial reporting.
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fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago

'No chaos' in Reform-run councils, deputy says

Reform UK asserts its county council governance is effective, claiming significant savings and plans to deliver hundreds of millions while dismissing accusations of chaos.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Memo to Tories looking at Farage and yearning to unite the right': that sounds like a plan to kill off our party | Justine Greening

Latest Ipsos polling has the Tory party's national vote share on just 15%. YouGov polling has the party on 18%. The last time the Conservative party polled 30% or more was in September 2022. A party that gave people a choice at the ballot box has become a husk. It is, as a former MP colleague said to me recently, akin to an empty warehouse the building is still there but the goods inside have all but disappeared.
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fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago

Police assess Reform councillor ice cream allegation

The report was made on Friday, the force added. The Electoral Commission says a person is guilty of treating if either before, during or after an election they directly or indirectly give or provide any food, drink, entertainment or provision to corruptly influence any voter to vote or refrain from voting. Treating requires a corrupt intent - it does not apply to ordinary hospitality, the commission adds.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Keir Starmer's legacy could be electoral reform or Farage as prime minister | Polly Toynbee

Britain's first-past-the-post system makes it vulnerable to a populist right takeover, with Reform UK polling high enough to potentially win power.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago

Starmer criticises Reform and Tory scaremongering' as MPs return to Westminster

Sir Keir Starmer condemns scaremongering by Reform and the Conservatives and vows to deliver policies that improve living standards and security.
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1 week ago

Reform UK will get rid of the migrant 'invasion' at 'great speed' with mass deportations - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Reform UK pledges rapid mass deportations of Channel migrants using Trump-style tactics and seeks to expel hundreds of thousands while leaving the ECHR.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago

Even Reform voters now want to unpick this one Brexit measure, shock poll reveals

Majority of Reform UK supporters and many Conservatives now back a youth mobility scheme, indicating increasing support for closer UK-EU ties after Brexit.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Richard Tice hits back at C of E criticism of Reform immigration policy

Reform UK plans to deport all asylum seekers arriving in small boats and to withdraw from major human-rights treaties to enable those deportations.
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fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago

Farage and Reform whipping up anger' on migrants, cabinet minister warns

A senior minister accused Nigel Farage and Reform UK of whipping up anger over migrant hotels while a councillor was suspended for racist comments.
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fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago

Reform council accused of diversity course U-turn

Reform publicly declared a boycott of the training yet many of their councillors still attended. That shows they cannot be trusted to stand by their own words.
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fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago

Does Reform pose an existential threat to the Scottish Conservatives?

With eight months still to go until the Holyrood election, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has confidently predicted that the Conservatives will soon cease to be a political force in Scotland. Farage was speaking as he announced that Graham Simpson had joined Reform after becoming the third MSP to quit the Tories in the past four months. It leaves Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay facing enormous questions about the future of his party, which is now consistently trailing Reform in opinion polls.
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fromBBC News
1 week ago

Reform UK suspends Durham councillor over asylum comments

A Reform UK councillor was suspended after alleged social media posts criticizing asylum seekers violated civil service impartiality rules.
fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago

Reform UK retreats from child migrant deportations

The party has suggested it would be prepared to deport 600,000 people under the policy, if it wins the next general election.
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fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago

Conservative MSP Graham Simpson defects to Reform

Conservative MSP Graham Simpson has defected to Reform, becoming Reform's sole current MSP after appearing at a press conference with Nigel Farage.
UK politics
fromwww.bbc.com
2 weeks ago

Six new members join Reform UK's party board

Reform UK appointed six board members, combining three member-elected figures with three leader-appointed individuals to formalise and democratise party governance.
fromwww.bbc.com
2 weeks ago

Labour membership falls by 200,000 in five years

Labour has lost almost 200,000 members in the past five years, according to the party's latest annual accounts. The party's membership has been steadily falling since Sir Keir Starmer became leader in April 2020, from a peak of 532,046 at the end of 2019. Despite the party's landslide election victory last summer, it shed another 37,215 members over the course of 2024, around 10% of its total membership at the start of the year.
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fromwww.bbc.com
3 weeks ago

Flags to stay on lampposts but not roundabouts

St George flags will remain on Worcestershire lampposts as the county council will not remove them despite safety concerns.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Reform UK accused of serving a plate of chaos' at Leicestershire county council

Reform UK-led council in Leicestershire faces criticism after leadership changes, highlighting instability and poor judgment.
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fromwww.bbc.com
3 weeks ago

Deputy leader of new Reform UK council steps down

The deputy leader of Worcestershire County Council has resigned three months into the role, causing turmoil within the county's leadership.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Farage urges Starmer to appoint Reform peers to House of Lords

Nigel Farage demands the right for Reform UK to nominate peers to the House of Lords, citing electoral support and democratic disparity.
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3 weeks ago

The London Buzz - 14th August 2025

Children's camp canceled due to objections about organizer's alleged Iran connections.
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 weeks ago

Russell T Davies blames Reform and Trump for decline in UK gay rights

Russell T Davies emphasized that the LGBT community should respond with terror, anger, and action against the rise of Reform UK, which threatens their rights.
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frombmmagazine.co.uk
4 weeks ago

Farage faces rising tension with younger Reform voters over net zero stance

Younger Reform UK voters increasingly support net zero and renewable energy, contrasting with Nigel Farage's known skepticism toward climate commitments.
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fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Reform councillor denies Pride event assault

Councillor Amanda Clare denied assaulting a security guard during the Winsford Pride event and claims self-defense.
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