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Technology secretary doubles down after Reform UK pledges to scrap Online Safety Act if it wins power

Cabinet minister Peter Kyle sparked backlash after claiming the Reform leader is on the side of Jimmy Savile

Protests at Bell hotel in Epping for fifth time on Sunday as others demonstrated in Norfolk and London

In the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer's Labour government has announced plans to lower the voting age from 18 to 16 for all future elections, in a bid to "modernise democracy". But for the handful of other countries who have made the move, results have been mixed.

Former foreign and home secretary warns Reform is ‘nowhere near good enough’ to govern

Home secretary says Reform UK should back officers’ response to Epping asylum hotel unrest

With a huge profile and no one to appease, ‘Your Party’ starts on a better footing than new parties of the past

COMMENT: Protesters outside a hotel housing asylum seekers have accused the local force of ‘bussing in’ anti-racism campaigners, a fallacy repeated by Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and which has taken hold on social media. But it’s not the police stirring up trouble, says Sean O’Grady

Does Kemi Badenoch’s reshuffle mean the Reform-lite strategy is over? I don’t know and I’m not sure she does either, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle