Reform UK councillor suspended over WhatsApp group featuring post calling for ‘mass Islam genocide’ Nigel Farage’s party is launching an investigation into the messages The Independent UK · Nov 19, 2025
A guttural groan in an energy-free zone: sullen resignation haunts PMQs Usually raucous backbenchers snoozed through the session as Keir and Kemi’s exchanges descended into a slanging match The Guardian - UK · Nov 19, 2025
‘He used to say things like ‘Hitler was right’’: Farage faces more allegations of racist behaviour at school A former friend and others who were at Dulwich college with the now Reform UK leader speak of his behaviour The Guardian - UK · Nov 19, 2025
Reform UK councillor suspended over WhatsApp group featuring extremist posts Tom Pickup confirms he was member of group in which one participant allegedly called for ‘mass Islam genocide’ The Guardian - UK · Nov 19, 2025
SNP majority at Holyrood will end Starmer’s time at Number 10, claims Swinney The Scottish First Minister said he has ‘no doubt’ the Prime Minister will be unable to remain in office. Evening Standard · Nov 19, 2025
Nigel Farage denies claims of antisemitic behaviour as a schoolboy at Dulwich College Sir Keir Starmer calls on Reform UK leader to explain himself over the claims about his behaviour as a teenager Evening Standard · Nov 19, 2025
Starmer calls on Farage to explain allegations about his schooldays Nigel Farage has denied claims of racist and antisemitic behaviour while at Dulwich College. The Independent UK · Nov 19, 2025
Tory crisis in London as second councillor defects to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK at flagship town hall Alan Mendoza on Wednesday joined Laila Cunningham as Reform’s second representative on Westminster Council Evening Standard · Nov 19, 2025
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage showed racist and antisemitic behaviour at school, claim ex-pupils ‘The allegations are entirely without foundation – we expect cynical attempts to smear Reform to intensify closer to the election,’ says Reform UK The Independent UK · Nov 19, 2025
No 10 calls on Farage to urgently address ‘disturbing allegations’ of past racist behaviour Keir Starmer ramps up pressure on Reform leader, who has dismissed claims as ‘one person’s word against another’ The Guardian - UK · Nov 19, 2025
Morning Mail: Trump defends Saudi prince over Khashoggi killing, the tragic death of Gail Karran, new Roblox restrictions US president hosts de facto Saudi ruler; latest Broken trust instalment reveals how woman was left in danger The Guardian - AU · Nov 18, 2025
Shabana Mahmood is showing much-needed leadership on the migration issue THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: There may be doubts about some of the home secretary’s sweeping changes to the UK asylum system, but her courage is unmistakeable The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2025
Tories and Reform spout imaginary numbers as they fight for attention Back-of-an envelope calculations by Kemi Badenoch, Mel Stride and Nigel Farage are nothing but political fever dreams The Guardian - UK · Nov 18, 2025
Labour peer accuses Shabana Mahmood of ‘using children as a weapon’ in asylum reforms Alf Dubs, who fled from the Nazis as a child refuge, described the government’s proposals as ‘shabby’ after the Home Office said it could deport children of failed asylum seekers The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2025
The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2025 Labour minister says China’s ‘covert and calculated’ spying won’t be tolerated - live updates The Tories have pressed the Government to place China in the enhanced tier of the foreign influence registration scheme (Firs)
The Guardian - UK · Nov 18, 2025 ‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2025 Voices: From New Labour to Blue Labour – is Shabana Mahmood now the true heir to Blair? COMMENT: The home secretary’s swashbuckling performance in parliament won rave reviews from supporters of the former prime minister, writes John Rentoul
The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2025 Nigel Farage says Reform-led councils’ woes show bringing change is ‘hard’ Reform UK and the Conservatives held rival press conferences to unveil alternatives to Rachel Reeves’ Budget.
The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2025 Shabana Mahmood tells Nigel Farage to ‘sod off’ after he invites her to join Reform It came after Nigel Farage said the home secretary sounds like a Reform supporter following her controversial proposals to overhaul the asylum system
The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2025 Voices: ‘The narrative has been overtaken by far-right lies’: Readers weigh in on Labour’s asylum crackdown YOUR VIEWS: Our community is divided over Labour’s immigration reforms. While many reluctantly accepted the need for tougher rules, others warned that plans to rewrite human rights laws and curb ECHR protections risk dragging the party too far to the right
The Guardian - UK · Nov 18, 2025 Chinese spying amounts to interference in UK democracy, minister says, after MI5 warns MPs – as it happened Dan Jarvis, the security minister, says China is trying to contact MPs and peers to get sensitive information about parliament
Evening Standard · Nov 18, 2025 Shabana Mahmood says Nigel Farage can 'sod off' as she defends sweeping asylum system reforms The Home Secretary has hit back at Nigel Farage after he suggested her plan to shake up the asylum system was her ‘audition to join Reform’
The Guardian - UK · Nov 18, 2025 Most Reform UK voters would back wealth tax on very rich, poll suggests Exclusive: Best for Britain thinktank says the figures show Nigel Farage is ‘out of step with his base’ on taxation
The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2025 Labour minister says UK will not tolerate ‘covert and calculated’ spying by China - live updates The Tories have pressed the Government to place China in the enhanced tier of the foreign influence registration scheme (Firs)
The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2025 Reform would ‘cut benefits for EU nationals and hike NHS immigration surcharge’ Party claims its policies would eliminate ‘black hole’ Rachel Reeves faces in the budget – but Labour says the ‘fantasy numbers don’t add up’