Teenage Reform council leader faces no confidence vote George Finch was appointed leader of Warwickshire council aged 19 last year The Independent UK · Mar 10
Donald Trump's Iran war is making Britain poorer, warns Nigel Farage's Reform UK amid oil cost turmoil Petrol prices, mortgage rates and oil home heating costs are rising as the UK economy is rocked by the fall-out from the Middle East conflict Evening Standard · Mar 10
Iran war ‘could turbocharge Labour's collapse in London’ as poll shows 19 councils at risk Polls have predicted a woeful set of results for Sir Keir Starmer’s party at the local elections on May 7 Evening Standard · Mar 9
Nigel Farage fails to meet Trump after flying to Mar-a-Lago Reform UK leader insists he never planned on meeting the president, despite flying to his resort The Independent UK · Mar 9
Nigel Farage invests £215,000 in Kwasi Kwarteng’s bitcoin firm Reform UK leader strengthens ties with crypto sector with stake in former Tory chancellor’s company Stack BTC The Guardian - UK · Mar 9
Nigel Farage takes significant stake in Kwasi Kwarteng’s bitcoin company Farage’s investment in crypto company Stack, headed by executive chairman Kwasi Kwarteng, comes after Labour asked the Electoral Commission to investigate crypto donations to Reform UK The Independent UK · Mar 9
Private jet used for Nigel Farage Chagos stunt linked to Reform mega-donor Exclusive: Plane that flew Reform leader to Maldives appears to be linked to billionaire Christopher Harborne The Guardian - UK · Mar 8
Nigel Farage heads to Mar-a-Lago to discuss Chagos deal with Trump Reform UK leader has called Labour prime minister Keir Starmer’s plans a ‘surrender’ treaty The Independent UK · Mar 6
Crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne no longer interested in Reform-Tory pact Donor who has given £12m to Reform UK had previously wanted Nigel Farage to keep open mind about deal with Conservatives The Guardian - UK · Mar 6
Labour beats Reform UK with first council by-election gain in almost a year Sir Keir Starmer’s party has lost over 50 council seats in polls called since the last local elections Evening Standard · Mar 6
Wales Senedd elections are a ‘referendum’ on Starmer, claims Farage Party leader and Welsh counterpart launch Reform UK manifesto in Newport The Guardian - UK · Mar 5
Welsh election is referendum on Starmer’s premiership, says Nigel Farage Speaking at Reform’s Welsh manifesto launch on Thursday, the party leader said the vote in May would ‘end Labour dominance’ in Wales. Evening Standard · Mar 5
Crypto investor based in Thailand donates further £3m to Reform Christopher Harborne’s gift is latest to party’s election war chest and comes amid calls for cap on political donations The Guardian - UK · Mar 5
Wes Streeting hits out at Reform UK over Matt Goodwin comments: ‘Return to age-old racism’ IN FULL The Independent UK · Mar 4
The Independent UK · Mar 4 Streeting accuses Reform of ‘return to age-old racism’ after by-election candidate’s comments about being British Exclusive: Wes Streeting appears to distance himself from claims – made by both Nigel Farage and Keir Starmer – that the Gorton and Denton by-election was fought on ‘sectarian’ lines
Evening Standard · Mar 4 Gorton by-election revealed ‘chasm’ between politics and people, Burnham warns The Labour mayor of Greater Manchester suggested the result demonstrated Westminster was not focused on the priorities of ordinary people.
Evening Standard · Mar 4 Labour sees four-point bounce in latest poll while SNP on track for election win The Ipsos Scotland poll spoke to 1,096 people between February 19 and 25.
Evening Standard · Mar 4 Former Labour councillors join Reform UK Sir Robin Wales, the former Labour mayor of Newham, and Clive Furness, who also served on the council, have joined Reform UK.
The Independent UK · Mar 4 Farage unveils two Labour defectors as he makes a push for London votes Nigel Farage admits his party lacks ‘experience on the front line’ as he welcomes a controversial former mayor and ex-council leader
The Guardian - UK · Mar 4 Wednesday briefing: Was the chancellor’s spring statement already out of date? In today’s newsletter: Against a backdrop of global turbulence, Rachel Reeve’s surprisingly upbeat tone failed to reassure when our supposed economic stability rests on forces mostly outside of the government’s control
Evening Standard · Mar 4 Labour 'risks losing 600 seats' in London local elections in worse nightmare than Gorton disaster Sir Keir Starmer’s party is facing tough battles against the Greens, Reform UK, the Conservatives and the Lib Dems
The Independent UK · Mar 4 One in five Reform members want non-white British citizens to be removed from UK, poll finds Reform members are generally ‘more pessimistic, angry and extreme than the British public’, according to the study’s author
The Guardian - UK · Mar 3 Most Reform members believe non-white UK citizens born abroad should be forced or encouraged to leave, poll finds Nigel Farage’s recent efforts to woo centre-ground voters may cause tension in party’s right flank, says Hope Not Hate
The Guardian - UK · Mar 3 The Guardian view on Labour’s migration gamble: Denmark is no template Editorial: Extending settlement waits risks deepening labour shortages while misreading public concern about migration’s economic and demographic realities