The Latest Breaking News from Nigel Farage

The Guardian view on Reform election victories: a barometer of disillusionment

Editorial: The charge that Labour promised change but is delivering more of the same speaks to anxious and angry voters across the political spectrum

The Guardian - UK · May 2, 2025

Reform UK’s victories are just the latest chapter of political fragmentation

Farage’s party has benefited this time as voters flee the main parties, but there are faultlines within its own coalition too

The Guardian - UK · May 2, 2025

Farage has declared a new dawn before, but this time things could really be different

Slicker presentation, a shift away from two-party politics and now hundreds of new councillors mean Reform is likely here to stay

The Guardian - UK · May 2, 2025

Alone centre stage, for Nige this was his triumph and no one else’s

No thanks for Reform’s new MP and mayor, they were mere decoration on Farage’s victory lap

The Guardian - UK · May 2, 2025

Enjoy this victory, Nigel Farage – because it could also be the start of your downfall

This week’s election results are a huge boon for Reform UK. But success comes with more pressure, more scrutiny and the risk of bruising exposure, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · May 2, 2025

Badenoch apologises as Tories suffer heavy local election defeat

The Tory leader conceded the public was ‘still not yet ready to trust us’ after losing hundreds of councillors in a Reform UK surge.

Evening Standard · May 2, 2025

Luke Campbell: From boxing champion to Reform’s mayor of Hull and East Yorkshire

The 37-year-old fought Vasiliy Lomachenko and Ryan Garcia among others during his pro career

The Independent UK · May 2, 2025

Farage vows to ‘resist’ asylum hotels as Reform celebrates major gains

Mr Farage’s party has gained hundreds of seats and taken control of five councils.

Evening Standard · May 2, 2025

Fact check: Reform UK’s NHS policy and Labour’s free breakfast clubs pledge

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard · May 2, 2025

Reform sweep to victory across councils in local elections

The party has taken control of seven local councils, winning hundreds of seats across localities from Durham to Kent.

Evening Standard · May 2, 2025