Former Conservative armed forces minister joins Reform UK Former Wrexham MP Sarah Atherton has joined Nigel Farage’s party and hopes to stand in the Welsh Parliament elections. Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2025
Starmer promises to increase police presence in Jewish communities after terror attack PM calls attack in Manchester an act of antisemitism and says country will stand up to hatred behind it The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2025
Wes Streeting knows he can save Labour by saving the NHS. So why isn’t he talking about it more? LABOUR PARTY CONFERENCE: Wes Streeting was animated in his fight against Nigel Farage during the Labour Conference, but how did he get on winning people over in the health arena? Health correspondent Rebecca Thomas was there to find out The Independent UK · Oct 2, 2025
Reform UK councillor's car-crash STV interview slammed by Falkirk council leader THE leader of Falkirk Council has slammed a Reform UK councillor’s interview where she referred to being "born and bred here" during a… The National (Scotland) · Oct 2, 2025
Could Nigel Farage really win the next election? Here’s what the polls say Reform’s lead is persistent but pollsters themselves point out that their models come with significant uncertainty The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2025
UK politics: Jenrick’s ideas mostly ‘my thoughts repackaged’, says Badenoch – as it happened Tory leader also claims the party was close to bankruptcy when she took over last year The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2025
Reform’s suggestions Starmer is inciting violence ‘offensive’, minister says Home Office minister Mike Tapp also insisted that the Home Office would not be involved in any decision to cut Nigel Farage’s security. Evening Standard · Oct 2, 2025
Starmer to end asylum ‘golden ticket’ of resettlement and family reunion rights People granted asylum will have to earn right to invite family in plan charities say is ‘straight from populist playbook’ The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2025
Keir Starmer in asylum crackdown as he vows to end ‘golden ticket’ for migrants PM will stop migrants having automatic rights to bring family members to Britain as he ramps up bid to counter threat from Reform over immigration The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2025
What has Nigel Farage said in response to claims he 'flirted with' the Hitler Youth? DAVID Lammy appeared to go back on claims he made that Reform UK leader Nigel Farage “flirted with Hitler Youth” as a schoolboy The National (Scotland) · Oct 1, 2025
Conspiracy theories and accusations fly as Labour’s Farage fever rattles Reform Fearless Nige and his mates’ unhinged reaction to Starmer’s speech suggests he can dish it out but he can’t take it The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2025
Starmer has ‘found his heart, found his fight’ at conference – Sarwar The Scottish Labour leader said his party must ‘shout louder’ rather than ‘whisper’ about its achievements. Evening Standard · Oct 1, 2025
Labour must avoid half measures on the two-child benefit cap Letters: Readers react to a report that Labour is considering alternatives to completely scrapping the cap on child benefit and other news from the Labour party conference The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2025
Fact check: Are migrants catching and eating swans and carp? Full Fact looks at what evidence there is to support a claim last week from Reform UK leader Nigel Farage. Evening Standard · Oct 1, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2025 UK fracking ban to be brought forward as Labour counters Reform promise Ed Miliband announces government will speed up plans to ban controversial practice supported by Nigel Farage
The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2025 Stop trying to ‘out-Reform, Reform’, deputy Labour leadership candidate warns Starmer In a damning indictment of the government, Lucy Powell said her 21-year-old son had ‘struggled’ with her being part of the Labour government because ‘we’ve not got some of the politics right’
The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2025 Reform claims Nigel Farage’s taxpayer-funded security has been slashed Farage’s righthand man accuses Labour of running a campaign of ‘demonisation’ against the Reform UK leader
Evening Standard · Oct 1, 2025 Miliband vows to permanently ban ‘dangerous and deeply harmful’ fracking The Energy Secretary used the announcement to attack Reform UK, which has called for more extraction of oil and gas.
Evening Standard · Oct 1, 2025 Keir Starmer refuses to brand Donald Trump's 'Sharia law' London claims 'racist' Sir Keir Starmer instead described the comments made by the US President following his recent state visit as ‘nonsense’
The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2025 Ed Miliband tells Elon Musk: Get the hell out of our politics and our country The energy secretary claimed Elon Musk and Nigel Farage are part of a ‘global network who together want to destroy the ties that bind our communities and our way of life’
The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2025 Nigel Farage: what are schoolboy racism claims – and why have they resurfaced? David Lammy has clarified remarks that the Reform leader ‘flirted with Hitler Youth’. Here is the background to the row
International Business Times UK · Oct 1, 2025 Starmer Slams Reform as 'Racist' Over 'Immoral' Deportation Plan – Warning It Could Tear Britain Apart Prime Minister Keir Starmer calls out Reform UK's 'immoral' plan to deport legal migrants as racist, amid surging 2025 polls threatening Labour's unity
Evening Standard · Oct 1, 2025 Nigel Farage’s security cut by parliamentary authorities, Reform claims Reform’s Zia Yusuf accused Labour of running a campaign of ‘demonisation’ against Mr Farage.
Evening Standard · Oct 1, 2025 Criminal justice crisis: Courts to sit extra days as defendants and victims face waiting FOUR YEARS for trial Lawyers welcome the extra court sitting days but urge the government to go further to clear the backlog
The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2025 Voices: Why Starmer’s ruthless attacks on Farage are the only way to beat Reform COMMENT: Following his forthright conference speech, the prime minister’s announcement of a review into how the European Convention on Human Rights is used in asylum cases is the latest sign he is confronting Reform UK’s grievances head on, says David Aaronovitch