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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Millie Cooke

Farage backtracks on pledge to stop small boats within fortnight of election win

Nigel Farage has rowed back on a pledge he made to the party’s conference to stop small boat crossings within two weeks of taking office, just one day after making it.

It came as Reform UK’s conference entered its second day in Birmingham, with key party figures taking aim at the chaos within the Labour government and calling for an early election as the party set out its plan for government.

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