Tories call for information watchdog to probe Reform UK’s data requests Nigel Farage’s political party has requested a broad swathe of information from the councils it now controls across England. Evening Standard · Jun 12, 2025
Badenoch urges business leaders to ‘get on the pitch’ and support Tories No-one apart from the Conservatives is making the argument for businesses, party leader Kemi Badenoch claimed. Evening Standard · Jun 12, 2025
Scottish Tories suffer fresh defection to Nigel Farage's Reform UK Another Scottish Tory councillor has defected to Reform UK The National (Scotland) · Jun 12, 2025
Voices: Dear Vix: I feel ashamed to admit it – but I really don’t like my parents DEAR VIX: Do you have a problem you would like to raise anonymously with Dear Vix? Issues with love, relationships, family and work? Email [email protected] The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2025
Spending review fails to impress former Labour supporters in West Yorkshire town Plans to spend more on housing are met with scepticism in Morley and resentment over winter fuel payments remains The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2025
Reeves, the Archangel of Hope, fails miserably at making us all feel better off The chancellor vowed to renew Britain in her spending review but it all felt like an exercise in cognitive dissonance The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2025
ID cards: the thin end of an authoritarian wedge Letters: Simon Rew is concerned about the political and financial costs, while Anthony Baylis fears ID cards would become an instrument of control. Plus letters from Teresa Loyd-Jones, Ian Dawson and Dirk van Shie The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2025
Reeves unveils record spending plans but experts warn of tax rises ahead Chancellor announces £39bn boost for social housing, £29bn for NHS and £11bn for defence – and promises to close all asylum hotels as she takes a swipe at Farage and dismisses Tory warnings of a ‘cruel summer’ of tax rises The Independent UK · Jun 11, 2025
New Reform chair says ‘strong case’ for death penalty in clash with Nigel Farage IN FULL The Independent UK · Jun 11, 2025
New Reform chair David Bull calls for return of death penalty Dr David Bull also called for burqas to be banned in the UK The Independent UK · Jun 11, 2025
Awkward moment new Reform UK chair David Bull is shown his tweet calling Nigel Farage an idiot New Reform UK chairman David Bull was shown a previous tweet he posted calling Nigel Farage an “idiot” during a live breakfast TV interview. The Independent UK · Jun 11, 2025
Rachel Reeves’s economic vision is coming into focus – a year too late In an age of political mistrust, voters won’t patiently wait for the benefits of a long-term investment plan, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2025
Mother of Farage aide George Cottrell revealed as Reform UK’s biggest donor Electoral Commission figures show Fiona Cottrell has given £750,000 in contributions to party over past year The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2025
David Bull moves from warm-up act to centre stage as Reform UK chair Former do-anything TV presenter appears a safe choice for role ‘as a conduit’ between party and its members The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2025 Farage’s press conference tour is the ideal way to indulge his narcissism Reform leader has taken to arranging press events for himself around the country on an almost daily basis
The Conversation · Jun 10, 2025 The political opportunism behind Reform UK’s support for abolition of the two-child limit on benefits The leader of Reform UK, Nigel Farage, recently announced that if in government, his party would abolish the two-child limit on benefits. This social security policy restricts the payment of means-tested benefits to the first two children of a family.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2025 Britain’s voters can’t resist a messy drama. How fortunate for Nigel Farage and Reform Former party chair Zia Yusuf was out – then he was back in. But the chaos won’t dent the party’s poll ratings one tiny bit, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
Evening Standard · Jun 10, 2025 Who is David Bull? Former doctor and presenter made Reform UK chair You might recognise him from the paranormal reality TV show Most Haunted Live!
Evening Standard · Jun 10, 2025 Ex-Most Haunted Live! presenter David Bull revealed as new Reform chairman Nigel Farage said the former doctor and Most Haunted Live! presenter would bring ‘terrific verve, energy, enthusiasm’ to the job
Evening Standard · Jun 10, 2025 Former Most Haunted Live! presenter David Bull named new chairman of Reform UK His appointment comes after businessman Zia Yusuf resigned from the position last week.
The Independent UK · Jun 10, 2025 David Bull: The doctor and former Most Haunted Live! presenter unveiled as new Reform UK chair David Bull left the medical profession in 2009 as his television career took off, although his licence was temporarily restored to allow him to help out in the Covid crisis
The Guardian - UK · Jun 10, 2025 UK politics: Lib Dems denounce new Reform UK chair as ‘Trump sycophant’ – as it happened Daisy Cooper says doctor and presenter David Bull once appeared on TalkTV with his ear bandaged after the assassination attempt against Trump
The National (Scotland) · Jun 9, 2025 'Jumping the gun': Expert weighs in on BBC plan to win over Reform UK voters The BBC is “taking its cue from Donald Trump” by proposing to alter its drama output in a bid to win the trust of Reform UK voters, an expert on…
The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2025 The Guardian view on Labour’s tough choices: they are costing the government dearly Editorial: Austerity-era scepticism runs deep – and Labour’s abstract promises are falling flat as Nigel Farage rises in the polls
The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2025 Reeves struggles to explain the genius of Labour’s winter fuel payment U-turn Chancellor reluctantly tries to smooth things over but looks as if she can’t quite believe some of the nonsense she is saying