‘It’s an existential moment’: Greens take on Reform in fight for fed-up voters Party hopes ‘green patriotism’ will help it win seats in true-blue areas such as Wiltshire in this week’s local elections The Guardian - UK · Apr 29, 2025
Hard-right Upstarts Eye Big Gains In Local UK Polls Britain's anti-immigrant Reform UK party is seeking to prove its credentials as a credible political force at local elections this week that will test the popularity of Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer. International Business Times · Apr 29, 2025
Foreign sex offenders will be banned from claiming asylum in the UK, says Home Office Amendment to bill would affect anyone who qualifies for sex offender register, but charities concerned that move is being rushed The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2025
No 10 bullish about immigration, despite Labour MPs’ concerns about rightward shift Reform looks set for success in local elections, but government insiders say they aren’t chasing Farage with approach The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2025
Starmer Plots Major Immigration Crackdown After Fearing Labour Bloodbath at the Ballot Box Sir Keir Starmer is gearing up to unveil a tough new crackdown on immigration after this week’s local elections — with Labour bracing for a hammering from Reform UK. The Fashion Central · Apr 28, 2025
Employment rights bill ‘improves Labour’s favourability among voters’ Polling for TUC suggests measures could lure voters back from Reform, Greens or independents, but finds low awareness The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2025
Labour and Conservatives face a challenging electoral test Letters: Readers respond to the upcoming local elections in England and the possibility of disillusioned voters abandoning the main parties The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2025
Voices: Nigel Farage is on the brink of another election breakthrough… but at what cost? COMMENT: With voters set to desert Labour and Tories at the local elections in favour of Reform UK, will the populist protest party be able to run services and balance the books of hard-pressed city councils? Of course not, says Sean O’Grady The Independent UK · Apr 28, 2025
Reform urged to reveal funding sources after chasing super-wealthy donors REFORM UK have been urged to reveal who funds them and to rule out donors with links to Russia – after the party bragged it was targeting wealthy… The National (Scotland) · Apr 28, 2025
Populists like Farage promise voters a simpler life. In fact, they produce ever more hassle and chaos Centrists won’t beat Reform UK by echoing its messages. They should emphasise the true unworkability of policies like Brexit, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2025
Reform UK challenged to give details on donations after £2m mailshot campaign Exclusive: Liberal Democrats say voters need to know sources of funding for Nigel Farage’s party before local elections The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2025
Political parties enter final campaign push ahead of local elections Voters will go to the polls in 23 council areas across England on Thursday May 1, and will choose a new MP in Runcorn and Helsby. Evening Standard · Apr 27, 2025
Kemi Badenoch fails to rule out local coalitions with Reform Mrs Badenoch also insisted she would not go into coalition with Nigel Farage or Reform at national level. The National (Scotland) · Apr 27, 2025
‘Tories are not listening’: Ed Davey sure Lib Dems can woo more disgruntled voters Leader hopes local elections in many traditionally Conservative areas will help party build on recent success The Guardian - UK · Apr 27, 2025
The Independent UK · Apr 27, 2025 Voters deserting Labour and Tories as Reform to claim hundreds of seats at local elections, top pollster says Exclusive: Professor Sir John Curtice says the big winner of the local elections is already Nigel Farage, whose party he claims has ‘murdered the Tories’
Evening Standard · Apr 27, 2025 Badenoch ‘not worried’ donor announcing £1m for Reform could be first of many It has been reported that Bassim Haidar has announced he is giving £1 million to Reform.
The Guardian - UK · Apr 27, 2025 Kemi Badenoch says Lib Dems are people who fix church roofs. Yes: that’s why we’re popular and she isn‘t It may baffle our rivals, but we are proud to be local representatives who care about their communities, says Ed Davey, leader of the Lib Dems
The Guardian - UK · Apr 27, 2025 Nigel Farage is a political fraud ‘cosplaying’ as working-class champion, TUC chief says Exclusive: Paul Nowak acknowledges voters’ frustrations but says Reform UK hasn’t got the answers, and urges Keir Starmer to resist any move to the right
The National (Scotland) · Apr 27, 2025 'It will backfire': Will Reform UK benefit from John Swinney's anti-far-right summit? John Swinney’s decision to host an anti-far-right summit in a bid to stand up to the growing influence of Reform UK may have come “too late”…
The Independent UK · Apr 26, 2025 A protest vote is an important democratic safety valve, but be careful how you use it THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Nigel Farage’s party is expected to do well on Thursday as voters turn away from Labour and the Conservatives
The Independent UK · Apr 26, 2025 Labour crisis as the city of John Prescott turns its back on Starmer Canvass returns seen by The Independent suggest that Labour could be a distant third to Reform and the Lib Dems in their former heartland of Hull and East Yorkshire
The Independent UK · Apr 26, 2025 Key seats to watch in the 2025 local elections NEWS ANALYSIS: Will a string of controversial policies be Labour’s downfall at the ballot box? And will Reform surge ahead leaving the Tories in their wake as pollsters predict? Kate Devlin looks at where the votes will count the most on 1 May
The Independent UK · Apr 26, 2025 Why these are the most important local elections since Boris Johnson won London in 2008 NEWS ANALYSIS: Polls have put Reform UK ahead for months now but these local elections will be the first test of whether the traditional two-party Labour-Tory grip on British politics is under threat, writes David Maddox
The Fashion Central · Apr 26, 2025 Nigel Farage Demands Minister for Deportations as Channel Crossings Hit Record High Nigel Farage Demands Minister for Deportations as Channel Crossings Hit Record High
The Guardian - UK · Apr 26, 2025 In Kent, the ‘silent Reform voter’ may give Nigel Farage his greatest victory On the campaign trail in Ramsgate, the Reform leader was keen to talk immigration and his distrust of the Tories