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Schools will be made to teach students to 'love Britain' if Nigel Farage becomes PM

SCHOOLS will be forced to teach pupils to love the UK and that the British Empire did “more good for the world than it did bad” if Reform UK’s…

The National (Scotland)

UK politics: New Reform mayor suggests 10% cut to council workforce – as it happened

Andrea Jenkyns says she wants a ‘lean, mean local government’ and says she is ‘up for a fight’ with unions

The Guardian - UK

UK Hard Right Sets Sights High After Local Election Triumphs

With a thumping success in local elections this week, the hard-right Reform UK party has loosened Britain's two-party stranglehold and is already eyeing Downing Street.

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OPINION - Susan Hall is back — and Sadiq Khan and Labour should be very worried

She was once dubbed “the one Sadiq Khan fears”. The phrase was splashed on billboards, blared from vans and echoed across social media. For a while, Susan Hall was everywhere. But it was more than just a line, it was a warning. A warning to a Mayor who had coasted…

Evening Standard

Anti-immigration policies 'cutting jobs at Scottish universities'

LABOUR’S “hostile” immigration policies will hammer Scottish universities already facing painful cuts, an MP has warned.

The National (Scotland)

Farage: Reform UK has ‘supplanted’ Tories after local elections sweep

The Reform leader said the Conservatives will ‘never recover’.

Evening Standard

Unison chief tells staff at Reform-controlled councils to join union

Nigel Farage warns employees working on diversity or climate change initiatives to seek ‘alternative careers’

The Guardian - UK

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Talk of replacing Kemi Badenoch is a distraction from the Tory party’s real problems

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Yet another change of leader would only make the Conservative Party’s predicament worse

The Independent UK

Starmer urged to change course, not go ‘further and faster’ after Reform gains

One Labour MP said the response from Downing Street was ‘nonsense’ while another said the party needs a ‘change of plan’.

Evening Standard

Voices: The real problem for Labour is why votes for the party collapsed in its own heartlands

VOICES: How the votes at the local elections were spread will give concern for Labour as much as Tories, says politics professor and electoral analyst Sir John Curtice

The Independent UK

'It's needed now more than ever': Thousands march in support of Scottish independence

AROUND 5000 independence supporters marched through Glasgow on Saturday, proving the Yes movement remains strong amidst the rise of the far right…

The National (Scotland)

Now Farage not Starmer is feeding public’s appetite for change

The Reform UK leader has somehow dodged responsibility for the economic damage of Brexit and is winning over disaffected Labour voters

The Guardian - UK

Voices: Yes, Nigel Farage really could be prime minister in 2029

The magic number of 30 per cent is what really matters in today’s politics – and Reform got there in the latest local elections, putting Nigel Farage in a very new position, writes John Rentoul

The Independent UK

Starmer urged to change course after Reform’s success in local elections

Labour MP Rachael Maskell said her party has ‘special responsibilities’ to serve the needs of people.

Evening Standard

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John Swinney urged to put 'country before party' and join Independence Summit

FIRST Minister John Swinney has been urged to put his “country before his party” and take part in an independence summit ahead of next year's…

The National (Scotland)

Anas Sarwar 'shamefully silent' as Labour MPs demand 'change' from Keir Starmer

ANAS Sarwar has been accused of being “shamefully silent” after Labour MPs have demanded a change of course by the party leadership after a poor…

The Guardian - UK

Badenoch apologises for local election results as Reform warned there are ‘no simple answers’ – as it happened

Shadow chief treasury secretary Richard Fuller says Nigel Farage’s party must do more than just ‘point at problems’

The Guardian - UK

‘We can’t just talk to the right’: what will Labour do now?

Focus on Reform or reassure the left – Keir Starmer’s next move could define his premiership

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The Guardian - UK

Labour alienated its core and failed to attract Reform voters. Now will Starmer change tack?

The local elections showed that voters feel betrayed. But in a party that brooks no dissent, that message isn’t getting through, says independent MP John McDonnell

The Guardian - AU

‘Humiliated Tories’ and ‘angry Labour’: what the papers say about Reform’s local election rout

Success of hard-right party is a ‘sobering day’ for Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch, UK papers report after a ‘populist wave sweeps England’

Evening Standard

Main party leaders under pressure as Reform sweeps to victory in local elections

Reform picked up 10 councils and more than 600 seats in an election that Nigel Farage hailed as ‘the death of the Conservative Party’.

Evening Standard

Tories lose 15 councils amid Reform’s local elections surge

Reform was the main beneficiary of the Conservative collapse, winning more than 600 seats and taking control of 10 local authorities.

Evening Standard

Local and mayoral elections 2025: Key results and trends

The Conservatives have lost every council they were defending.

The Guardian - UK

Farage claims Reform UK local election gains ‘beginning of the end’ for Tories

Hard-right party wins byelection with 17-point swing from Labour and adds more than 500 council seats

The National (Scotland)

Labour MPs angered as Keir Starmer ignores calls for change of course

LABOUR left-wingers are demanding a change of course from party leadership after a poor result at the English local elections.

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