Reform would create ICE-style agency and end leave to remain, Zia Yusuf to say Nigel Farage’s party plans to deport up to 288,000 people a year on five flights a day and expand stop and search The Guardian - UK · Feb 22
Reform plans ICE-style borders agency for UK under new migration plan Amnesty International UK accused Reform UK of scapegoating migrants to ‘justify mass deportations and expanded police surveillance’ The Independent UK · Feb 22
Nigel Farage accused of ‘Maga stunts’ for saying he was denied access to Chagos Islands Reform UK leader flew to the Maldives for a day despite not having permit to visit nearby archipelago The Guardian - UK · Feb 22
The Epstein scandal has battered Britain’s political establishment. Can the radical-right Reform party benefit? The arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on suspicion of misconduct in public office will heap yet more pressure on the beleaguered government of Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The Conversation · Feb 22
What Reform UK’s senior figures really think about women and families As Reform UK surges in the polls and attempts to get its top team ready to fight an election, The Independent has taken a look at exactly what key figures in the party have said about marriage, women, abortion and fertility – and what it might mean for policy The Independent UK · Feb 21
Does Nigel Farage have a problem with women? Critics link Farage’s ‘Trump-lite’ condescension to female journalists to Reform’s moves against women’s rights The Guardian - UK · Feb 21
Starmer 2.0: could a more authentic PM revive Labour’s appeal? After surviving a coup, and with his critics chastened, No 10 insiders say a more combative PM is up for taking the fight to Reform UK The Guardian - UK · Feb 21
Sir Ed Davey to warn that Trump’s America ‘cannot become Farage’s Britain’ The UK Liberal Democrat leader will warn against the rise of Reform UK as he addresses his party’s conference in Edinburgh on Saturday. The Independent UK · Feb 21
Reform UK’s Matt Goodwin faced GB News complaint over colleague’s claim of ‘inappropriate comments’ Exclusive: Nigel Farage understood to have known of grievance against byelection candidate, whose lawyer described it as resolved ‘minor workplace matter’ of miscommunication The Guardian - UK · Feb 20
Matt Goodwin is wrong about whiteness and Englishness – but here’s why he has struck a chord with some voters Matt Goodwin, the Reform UK candidate for the Gorton and Denton byelection, is just one of the rightwing politicians to recently question the “Englishness” of people who aren’t white and born in England. The claim is clearly out of step with reality. Exclusivist views are certainly out there, but in… The Conversation · Feb 19
Reform UK plan to rip up Equality Act shocking and un-British, says Starmer PM argues party wants to send women back to ‘old days’, as he also urges Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor to speak to authorities The Guardian - UK · Feb 19
Starmer brands Reform plan to scrap Equality Act ‘anti-British’ He said he ‘shuddered to think’ what women would make of the policy The Independent UK · Feb 19
Reform-run council says free library scheme for refugees ‘is not value for money’ Party withdraws all Lancashire libraries from City of Sanctuary UK programme that supports new arrivals to UK The Guardian - UK · Feb 18
What are Reform’s economic pledges – and how sensible are they? The former Tory minister made his first speech as Reform’s Treasury spokesman The Independent UK · Feb 18
The Conversation · Feb 18 Nigel Farage unveils ‘shadow cabinet’ team – but why did only three of his MPs get jobs? Since May 2025, Reform UK has led every poll of general election voting intention. Were an election held today, Reform would be poised to form a government. It would probably be a majority government, too. A party needs 326 seats in the House of Commons to form a majority, and…
The Independent UK · Feb 18 Farage accused of ‘divisive politics’ over unproven claim middle class white men are losing jobs because of Equality Act Reform leader’s claims appear at odds with official figures, which show that people from white ethnic backgrounds have lower rates of unemployment than those from minority ethnic backgrounds
The Guardian - UK · Feb 18 Labour insiders fear ‘annihilation’ in Lancashire local elections after U-turn County has highest number of reinstated elections following decision not to delay them for 30 English councils
The Guardian - UK · Feb 18 Reform UK would restore two-child benefit cap, Jenrick says in policy U-turn Treasury spokesperson says disability benefits would also be limited under Reform, but Bank of England would stay independent
The Independent UK · Feb 18 Seven ex-Reform councillors join Rupert Lowe’s new rival party Members of the new political party Restore Britain will form a group at Kent County Council
Evening Standard · Feb 18 Huge number of Londoners to vote tactically to stop Nigel Farage becoming Prime Minister, polling reveals The YouGov survey also cast doubts on whether Reform UK can win a Commons majority at the next general election
The Independent UK · Feb 18 Reform to reinstate two-child benefit cap as Jenrick pledges ‘fiscal discipline’ Sir Keir Starmer criticised Robert Jenrick’s announcement as ‘shameful’, as Reform’s Treasury spokesperson claimed the policy is unaffordable.
Evening Standard · Feb 18 Reform would restore two-child benefit cap in full, Jenrick to pledge The former Tory minister is to make his first speech as Reform’s Treasury spokesman.
Evening Standard · Feb 18 'Shy Labour voters' could save Starmer from defeat by Reform or Greens in Gorton by-election says polls expert The three parties are ramping up their campaigns ahead of polling day on February 26
Evening Standard · Feb 18 Robert Jenrick to outline Reform UK plans for Bank of England and OBR Nigel Farage named his top team on Tuesday, which included Conservative defectors Mr Jenrick and Suella Braverman.