Britain can defy gloomy economic forecasts, says Rachel Reeves Exclusive: Fiscal watchdog predicts productivity downgrade will leave chancellor with £20bn gap to fill in budget The Guardian - UK · Oct 28, 2025
Reform’s Kruger under fire for warning of ‘LGBT-supporting’ left-wing parties East Wiltshire MP Danny Kruger said the UK could be led by an ‘appalling Hamas-supporting, LGBT-supporting nationalist party’. Evening Standard · Oct 28, 2025
Reform UK would let ministers ignore international law, Kruger says Party’s efficiency chief says he would cut civil service and close six government offices – most of which are already closing The Guardian - UK · Oct 28, 2025
Reform’s Kruger vows to change Civil Service code to ban ‘woke agenda’ The Tory convert said Nigel Farage’s party would cut Civil Service headcount and close five government buildings if it won the next general election. Evening Standard · Oct 28, 2025
Labour hits record low as Greens rise gaining support in London, new poll shows The YouGov survey showed Nigel Farage’s Reform UK in first place on 27 per cent Evening Standard · Oct 28, 2025
'It's not dangerous' to talk about Brexit and undoing economic harm of quitting EU, says Rachel Reeves Labour had shied away from mentioning the B-word before the 2024 general election for fear of alienating voters in the so-called ‘Red Wall’ Evening Standard · Oct 28, 2025
Three Reform councillors expelled over ‘dishonest’ behaviour at flagship council ‘These individuals have shown a pattern of dishonest and deceptive behaviour which the party will not tolerate from its elected officials’, a Reform spokesperson said The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2025
Three Reform councillors expelled for ‘dishonest and deceptive’ behaviour Reform UK took control of Kent County Council after winning 57 of the 81 seats at the local elections in May. Evening Standard · Oct 28, 2025
Tuesday briefing: What the mistaken release of Hadush Kebatu reveals about a Prison Service in crisis In today’s newsletter: Rising numbers of prisoners released by accident are laying bare systemic failings in England and Wales, from overworked staff to issues with probation The Guardian - UK · Oct 28, 2025
Lammy tells Labour to learn from Caerphilly defeat as party seeks reset Deputy PM tells MPs party must pick clearer fights that show its values after byelection slump The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2025
Nigel Farage brands Reform MP’s comments ‘ugly’ but insists she’s not racist The Reform UK leader says he is ‘unhappy’ with Sarah Pochin’s comments on Black and Asian people in adverts but that he ‘understands the basic point’ and will not take further action The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2025
Farage faces calls to remove whip from Reform’s Pochin amid racism row Labour has written to Mr Farage calling him to suspend the MP, while the Liberal Democrats have sought to formally rebuke the remarks in Parliament. Evening Standard · Oct 27, 2025
Two Reform UK councillors kicked out of party Kent County Councillors Bill Barrett and Robert Ford have been kicked out by email from Reform HQ which said they had ‘undermined’ party interests The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2025
Two Reform UK councillors removed from party after suspension Kent County Councillors Bill Barrett and Robert Ford have been kicked out by email from Reform HQ which said they had ‘undermined’ party interests. Evening Standard · Oct 27, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2025 Director of public prosecutions rejects claim Labour manifesto quote killed off successful China spy case prosecution – as it happened Stephen Parkinson tells committee a judge would have thrown out China spy case before it even went to jury
International Business Times UK · Oct 27, 2025 Shocking Spray-Paint Slur: How 'F* Off Home' Message Rocked Reform UK After By-Election Loss? Spray-paint slur hits Reform UK's Caerphilly office after by-election defeat. Powell condemns 'dark tricks' as Plaid Cymru claims victory.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2025 Monday briefing: How radical views became normalised – from TV ads to deportation policy In today’s newsletter: The language that once belonged to Tommy Robinson and the BNP is now the preserve of the Conservatives and Reform UK – and represents a shift so vast we barely notice it
The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2025 Would a written constitution save Britain from the far right? Letters: Readers respond to George Monbiot’s article calling for a constitution to guard against the rise of Reform UK and autocracy
Evening Standard · Oct 26, 2025 Racism of 70s and 80s back on the streets of London, warns Cabinet minister Wes Streeting The Ilford North Labour MP stressed he had thought that such abuse had been confined to the ‘history books’
The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2025 Reform MP’s remarks about TV adverts were ‘racist’, says Wes Streeting Health secretary hardens Labour line after Sarah Pochin said advertising ‘doesn’t reflect our society’
Evening Standard · Oct 26, 2025 Streeting hits out at ‘racist’ comments by Reform’s Pochin Reform UK’s Sarah Pochin complained about adverts ‘full of black people’.
The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2025 Reform’s Sarah Pochin: Adverts full of black people ‘drive me mad’ Labour called on Reform UK to distance itself from the MP’s comments.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2025 Factionalism, farce and chaos dog Reform UK in the garden of England All is not well in Kent for Nigel Farage’s party as the recent video of an incendiary meeting suggests
The Guardian - UK · Oct 25, 2025 ‘He’s one of the few politicians who likes crypto’: my day with the UK tech bros hosting Nigel Farage The Reform UK leader is courting the crypto community in the hope it could become a campaign funding base
The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2025 Local election wipeout would see off Starmer, MPs say after Caerphilly rout Crushing defeat in Welsh byelection triggers renewed outpouring of anger and concern within Labour