Lammy rows back on claim Farage ‘flirted with Hitler Youth’ Deputy prime minister David Lammy has backpeddled on claims that Nigel Farage “flirted with Hitler Youth.” The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2025
Starmer pledges rethink on international law to stop ‘Farage boats’ The Prime Minister blamed Brexit for making it harder to remove migrants who crossed the Channel in small boats. Evening Standard · Oct 1, 2025
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is not a 'racist', says Prime Minister Keir Starmer NIGEL Farage and his supporters are not racist, the Prime Minister has said, despite insisting that the Reform party’s immigration policy is ... The National (Scotland) · Oct 1, 2025
Starmer to rethink human rights law to tackle ‘Farage boats’ Prime minister blames Brexit for surge in numbers of small boat crossings but defends UK’s membership of ECHR The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2025
UK politics: Powell victory in Labour’s deputy leader contest would mean ‘division and disunity’, Phillipson suggests – as it happened Lucy Powell and Bridget Phillipson put their cases to party members at Labour’s conference on Wednesday The Guardian - UK · Oct 1, 2025
Starmer to curb asylum seekers using human rights to avoid deportation Prime minister announces review of ECHR in a major U-turn The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2025
Starmer to refine international law stance in bid to tackle mass migration The Prime Minister said ‘we need to look again at the interpretation’ of how UK courts apply various international laws. Evening Standard · Oct 1, 2025
David Lammy backtracks on claim Nigel Farage 'flirted with Hitler Youth' Pressed on his earlier comments about Nigel Farage, David Lammy said: ‘I wasn't at school with Nigel Farage. I don't know what songs he sang at school’ Evening Standard · Oct 1, 2025
Two Parties, One Path: Why Labour and Reform Are Converging on Policy Labour and Reform UK clash over immigration and crime, but their policies show striking convergence — raising questions about voter choice. International Business Times UK · Oct 1, 2025
Keir Starmer: We need to look again at human rights laws in face of mass migration The Prime Minister says says he won’t ‘tear down’ international laws but says a rethink is needed on how they are applied Evening Standard · Oct 1, 2025
Starmer says Nigel Farage and his supporters are not racist – but Reform’s policy is The comments come after Sir Keir Starmer said Reform’s migration policy was ‘racist’ and ‘immoral’ The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2025
Reform leader Nigel Farage is not a racist, says Prime Minister The comments come after Sir Keir Starmer said Reform migration policy was ‘racist’ and ‘immoral’. Evening Standard · Oct 1, 2025
Starmer brings the steel – and draws up battle lines with Reform UK Prime minister answers his critics in conference speech but the real challenges still lie ahead The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2025
‘Decency or division’: Britain faces era-defining choice, Keir Starmer warns Prime minister lambasts Nigel Farage and the politics of Reform in combative Labour conference speech The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2025 It’s entered the Labour conference lexicon – but what is a snake-oil salesman? The party seems particularly keen to associate the term, which dates back to the 19th century, with Nigel Farage
Evening Standard · Sep 30, 2025 Losing Commons seat to Reform UK in by-election was ‘wake-up call’ Labour’s Karen Shore lost to Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election by six votes.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2025 Nottingham paper takes legal action over Reform council’s ban on reporters Publisher says stopping it from talking to Nottinghamshire council’s leader is breach of the right to free expression
Euronews · Sep 30, 2025 Britain's PM Keir Starmer accuses Nigel Farage of trying to divide UK at Labour conference Labour promised economic growth, but has struggled to deliver and inflation remains stubbornly high with a subdued economic outlook.
The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2025 Starmer vows Labour will never surrender Britain to ‘enemy’ Farage in rousing party conference speech Keir Starmer received a huge reception from the party faithful as he gave his most impassioned speech yet as leader
The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2025 Starmer finally finds his voice as he speaks from the heart PM sounded like a decent man making the case for decency – it’s just not clear if that’s what the British public demands of its politicians these days
The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2025 Was this Starmer’s best speech? Yes. But he’ll need a new battle plan to convince a doubting Britain The era when a barnstorming address would turn political fortunes is gone. The PM is out of step with modern digital politics and needs to catch up, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2025 Keir Starmer finally comes out fighting to become the leader Labour wants NEWS ANALYSIS: Emboldened by the ‘enemy’ Reform, this was the prime minister like we have never seen him before, writes political editor David Maddox
The Conversation · Sep 30, 2025 Labour conference: Starmer takes aim at political opponents but ties his own future to Reform At Labour’s 2025 conference, Starmer’s chosen political narrative has been to draw a line between himself and Nigel Farage, between Labour and Reform – a choice between “decency and decline”. Labour represents a progressive patriotism and national renewal – and Reform a backwards-facing “politics of grievance”.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 30, 2025 Labour won’t fend off Reform UK by just diluting Farage’s poison Letters: The party must not offer a watered-down version of Reform’s policies, but instead tell the truth about immigrants, writes Guy Fassler. Plus letters from Doug Maughan, Sunil Bhopal and Dr Roger Hancock
The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2025 Starmer argues for inclusive patrotism and accuses Farage of trying to divide Britain Prime Minister Keir Starmer gas accused hard-right politician Nigel Farage of crossing “a moral line” with his anti-immigtration stance