Farage and Badenoch step up Budget pressure on Reeves Both Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch will set out alternatives to the tax rises Rachel Reeves is set to unveil. Evening Standard · Nov 17, 2025
Mahmood battles backlash from Labour MPs over asylum reforms Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said ‘to maintain the generosity that allows us to provide sanctuary, we must restore order and control’. Evening Standard · Nov 17, 2025
The Guardian view on Labour’s asylum plans: ministers cannot out-Farage the far right and should stop trying Editorial: Shabana Mahmood’s asylum overhaul burdens an overstretched system and hands political advantage to her opponents The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2025
Russell Tovey on pride, sexual power and politics: ‘The Green party slogan – make hope normal again – is what we need’ One of the most prolific and popular actors of his generation, he reflects on therapy, homophobia, why he suspects now is the worst time in history for trans people, and his secret life as a geek The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2025
How to stop the rise of Reform UK? Expose its contradictions Letters: The victory of Nigel Farage’s party at the next election need not be inevitable, writes Les Bright. Plus letters from Nick Moss, and Dr Margherita de Candia and Dr Marianna Griffini The Guardian - UK · Nov 16, 2025
Scottish Government criticises Labour stance on immigration Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will set out reforms to the UK’s asylum system in the House of Commons on Monday. Evening Standard · Nov 16, 2025
When reality bites: the rapid rise and chaotic fall of Reform UK in Cornwall Resignations, suspensions and infighting lead to party losing crown of highest number of seats in the county The Guardian - UK · Nov 16, 2025
Nigel Farage is today’s Enoch Powell and his appeal down to slow economy, says minister Business secretary Peter Kyle says appeal of far-right parties like Reform due to ‘their dogma of disruption, division and despair’ The Guardian - UK · Nov 15, 2025
Nigel Farage is ‘incarnation of Enoch Powell’s politics’, says minister Business Secretary Peter Kyle hit out at the leader of Reform UK while speaking at the Co-operative Party conference. Evening Standard · Nov 15, 2025
Minister compares Nigel Farage to Enoch Powell as he slams far-right’s ‘dogma of disruption’ Mr Powell, a Conservative MP, is widely remembered for his ‘rivers of blood’ speech The Independent UK · Nov 15, 2025
How should we tackle Reform and the rise of the far right? Our gen Z panel has some ideas Our panelists have seen first hand what happens when you give young people platitudes instead of hope, but they feel a change coming The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2025
Starmer’s shambles in No 10 risks handing power to Farage, Alastair Campbell warns Intervention by Tony Blair’s former director of communications comes as the PM is under pressure to sack his chief of staff Morgan McSweeney The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2025
Thursday briefing: Is Wes Streeting a traitor or a faithful? In today’s newsletter: By publicly accusing the health secretary of leading a coup, Starmer’s aides have scored a massive own goal, making the PM’s position seem all the more shaky The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2025
Who supports Reform and why? The charts that show who favours Farage’s party Based on largest poll of supporters, these charts and maps show five distinct groups that could hand Reform a majority The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2025 The real Reform voters have been revealed – it’s a slapdash coalition Farage will struggle to hold together This is no single bloc marching under one ideology, or even a mass of ‘red-wall’ voters. What unites them is a desire for something different, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2025 Reform UK accused of embracing racism over its pick for head of student organisation Matthew Goodwin argued people from minority ethnic backgrounds born and raised in UK were not always British
The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2025 It is time for Labour to get a grip and stop this juvenile leadership farce THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Not a single job would be created, asylum hotel closed or pound knocked off the national debt by ousting Keir Starmer – it is time for the Labour Party to act like adults if it is to stop Nigel Farage from marching into No 10
The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2025 Will Nigel Farage embrace Europe, following Giorgia Meloni’s lead? Letters: Denis MacShane responds to an article about the Reform UK leader emulating Italy’s rightwing PM, Giorgia Meloni
The Guardian - UK · Nov 12, 2025 Labour’s takedown of the Green party sums up the double standard that dogs our politics Why is it that the politics of hope offered up by the left is dismissed as naive, while the policies of the centre and right are portrayed as all that is possible? asks Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2025 Starmer slams ‘utterly spineless’ Farage for failing to condemn Reform councillor who called children in care ‘evil’ Sir Keir Starmer labelled Nigel Farage “utterly spineless” after the Reform UK leader failed to condemn a councillor from his party who called children in care “evil”.
Evening Standard · Nov 12, 2025 Reeves torpedoes Labour's manifesto in huge Budget tax gamble which could put Farage in No10 Commentary: The Chancellor has been so clear that she is going to torch the party’s manifesto tax promise that a U-turn now would stun Westminster
Evening Standard · Nov 11, 2025 Prime Minister could face leadership challenge after Budget, say Labour insiders The Labour leader is increasingly concerned about his party’s dip in support which may result in serious losses at next year’s local elections
The Guardian - UK · Nov 11, 2025 It’s the BBC v Trump, Farage and co. Who in their right mind would want to be its new boss? Public life is a minefield and the best and brightest just don’t want to know. How convenient for foes of the most trusted news organisation in the world, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
The Guardian - UK · Nov 11, 2025 Keir Starmer may be too busy to master the latest dance craze – but he needs to be on TikTok Yes, there’s a country to run, but the social media platform has 30 million users in the UK. Can the PM afford to abandon them all to Nigel Farage, asks Carys Afoko
The Guardian - UK · Nov 11, 2025 Racism returning to UK politics – and people are very scared, says Starmer PM attacks ‘toxic division of Reform’ and gives strongest signal yet that two-child benefit cap will be lifted