Farage to row back from tax cuts as he pledges ‘most pro-business’ government Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is expected to use a speech in London to promise sweeping deregulation. Evening Standard · Nov 2, 2025
Police ‘forced to disclose ethnicity of suspects to counter far-right speculation’ Guidance to combat misinformation puts pressure on police to release details, says former senior Met officer The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2025
Leaving the ECHR won’t stop the boats, 300 organisations warn in rallying cry to defend human rights Prime minister Keir Starmer urged to make positive case for ECHR after Kemi Badenoch pledged a Tory government would leave the treaty The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2025
Tory patience wears thin as Badenoch’s critics count down to May elections With the party adrift and Reform surging, Jenrick’s allies are sharpening their pitch for a post-election reset The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2025
Timeline of Kemi Badenoch’s leadership of the Conservative Party Sunday marks a year since Mrs Badenoch became Tory leader. Evening Standard · Nov 2, 2025
Kemi Badenoch says she is ‘rebuilding’ the Tories as she marks a year as leader Mrs Badenoch’s first anniversary since taking over as Tory leader is on Sunday, November 2. Evening Standard · Nov 2, 2025
Reform councillor defects to Tories after party’s policies left him ‘uncomfortable’ Dartford representative James Buchan says ‘devastating’ immigration plans had created a lot of fear and anxiety The Guardian - UK · Nov 1, 2025
Farage’s plan to scrap indefinite leave to remain would ‘trash UK’s reputation’ and be blocked in court, lawyers say Exclusive: Tory former solicitor general and justice secretary warns plan ‘runs counter to our British values’ The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2025
Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill How did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament? The Guardian - UK · Nov 1, 2025
‘Young Tories are fed up’: the students switching to Reform in big numbers A ‘nasty split’ is emerging on campus with one Conservative society opting to merge with their rightwing rivals The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2025
‘You can’t eat electricity’: how rural solar farms became the latest battlefront in Britain’s culture war Sean Matthews, the Reform UK leader of Lincolnshire County Council, has said he’ll “lie down in front of bulldozers” to stop Britain’s largest solar farm being built in the county. He’s taking sides in a new rural culture war that pits green energy against the countryside’s traditional image of food… The Conversation · Oct 31, 2025
Zarah Sultana sets sights on replacing Labour and gaining power MP who left Labour in July to form leftwing grouping with Jeremy Corbyn, says party is not just one of protest The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2025
Reform UK Vows to Purge 'Woke Whitehall' in Trump-Style Shake-Up — 140,000 Civil Service Roles at Risk Reform UK's new plan could cut up to 140,000 civil service jobs and rewrite neutrality rules in a Trump-style bid to reshape Whitehall. International Business Times UK · Oct 31, 2025
The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2025 Nigel Farage facing calls to apologise to female survivors of grooming gangs A group of women have said it was “categorically untrue” for Farage to have said they were not victims of grooming gangs
Evening Standard · Oct 29, 2025 Nigel Farage urged to apologise to five survivors of grooming gangs for 'ignorance and untrue statements' Reform UK leader suggested the women invited on to the child sexual exploitation inquiry panel were victims of other types of child sexual abuse
The Guardian - UK · Oct 29, 2025 ‘The novelty will wear off’: Labour hopes publicity will be Farage’s downfall With no sign of Reform’s media strategy slowing down, Labour insiders fret over limiting Nigel Farage’s support
The Guardian - UK · Oct 29, 2025 Racism, intent and the diversity in TV adverts Letters: Readers respond to the Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin’s remarks about ‘adverts full of black people, full of Asian people’
Evening Standard · Oct 29, 2025 Ex-Reform UK councillor says party shows lack of ‘human decency’ Bill Barrett was one of 57 Reform Councillors elected to Kent County Council (KCC) at the local elections in May overturning a 30-year Tory majority.
Evening Standard · Oct 29, 2025 Labour will prove polls wrong and win Holyrood election, says Sarwar A recent poll put Scottish Labour third behind Reform UK ahead of next May’s ballot.
Evening Standard · Oct 29, 2025 Reform UK’s Lee Anderson says he ‘gamed’ benefits system in former job The Ashfield MP said he used to help people get on sickness benefits when he worked at Citizens Advice.
Evening Standard · Oct 29, 2025 Holyrood not strong enough to protect Scotland from Reform government – Swinney The First Minister used a speech to paint Nigel Farage’s party as a threat in a bid to drive voters to the SNP.
The Independent UK · Oct 29, 2025 Reform MP admits to ‘gaming the benefits system’ The Reform MP added he wanted to crack down on the ‘anxiety generation’
Evening Standard · Oct 29, 2025 Nigel Farage could be denied a Commons majority by tactical voting, says polling expert But Reform UK set to be the largest party in the Commons after the next election, according to polls