‘Disappointed’ Starmer in firing line over historic by-election defeat for Labour in Caerphilly ‘We clearly need to do much more’ admits prime minister The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2025
Fact check: Fake MP defection video, bus pass verification and immigration removals Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact. Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2025
How England’s new Reform councillors compare in their views to other parties Reform UK has positioned itself as the voice of discontent in British politics – a home for voters who feel both Labour and the Conservatives have lost touch with ordinary people. The Conversation · Oct 24, 2025
‘Reform didn’t have any idea about south Wales’: Plaid Cymru supporters celebrate byelection win Welsh nationalists secured a hefty 47% of votes in what had been framed as a close two-horse race against Reform The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2025
Reform-led council slammed over plan to spend £75,000 on flags The 164 flags are set to be displayed across 82 locations, costing Nottinghamshire council £475 each The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2025
What does Plaid Cymru stand for? Plaid Cymru’s leader Rhun ap Iorwerth has hailed the by-election result as ‘real evidence’ that people are putting their ‘faith’ in the party The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2025
Plaid Cymru’s Caerphilly by-election win leaves Labour with ‘very tough fight’ Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds said the result pointed to a ‘fractured political landscape’. Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2025
Plaid Cymru’s victory in Caerphilly points to a new kind of electorate The Welsh town’s byelection was a two-party race – but this time neither Labour nor the Conservatives were in it The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2025
Keir Starmer Death Threat Scandal: Why Reform UK Ousted Northumberland Councillor Fast? John Allen scandal—Reform UK ousts councillor for alleged Keir Starmer death threats amid Northumberland purge wave. Hope not Hate exposé sparks UK party discipline debate on political violence threats International Business Times UK · Oct 24, 2025
John Curtice says Labour in ‘severe trouble’ in Wales after humiliating by-election defeat Plaid Cymru ‘now well placed to provide Wales with its next first minister’, says top pollster The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2025
Caerphilly result is blow to Labour and Reform – and shows parties who cannot adapt will be crushed Plaid Cymru’s byelection victory signals a seismic shift in Welsh politics that will rattle Westminster The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2025
Farage blames Labour collapse for Reform defeat in Caerphilly by-election: Latest Labour comes third with just 11% of the vote in a seat that has long been one of its strongholds The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2025
Labour suffers crushing defeat in Caerphilly by-election with record vote collapse as Plaid Cymru holds off Reform Labour came a distant third with only 11.02% of the vote - as swing of almost 27% from the party Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2025
Plaid Cymru ousts Labour in Caerphilly byelection Rhun ap Iorwerth’s party seizes Senedd seat, beating Reform UK into second place The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2025
Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2025 High turnout in vital Caerphilly Welsh Parliament by-election as votes counted Plaid Cymru and Reform UK hoping to do well in Labour stronghold.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2025 No 10 accepts people are ‘disappointed with the pace of change’ as Plaid Cymru celebrates Caerphilly byelection win – as it happpened Lindsay Whittle seized the Senedd constituency from Labour and resisted a fierce challenge from Reform UK
The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2025 The Guardian view on Conservative immigration policy: the threat of mass expulsions is abhorrent Editorial: Tory plans to revoke indefinite leave to remain in pursuit of greater ‘cultural coherence’ resemble the most extreme ambitions of far-right fringe parties
The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2025 Challenges of council restructure in Kent Letter: Prof Peter Taylor-Gooby highlights the stark budgetary consequences of government plans to create several new unitary councils
The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2025 ‘Little more than photocalls’: What has Reform’s Doge team done since it was set up? The Elon Musk-inspired cost-cutting team promised big savings after Reform’s local election wins in May
The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2025 Reform’s only Black branch chair quits over ‘harmful’ migration debate Exclusive: Neville Watson leaves amid concerns about weaponisation of religion and erosion of community relations
The Guardian - UK · Oct 23, 2025 We must act now: without a written constitution, Reform UK will have carte blanche to toxify our nation It means breaking with hundreds of years of tradition, but it can’t wait. As hard-right figures spread division and laud autocrats, a fail-safe is vital, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
Evening Standard · Oct 22, 2025 Farage appears in Commons gallery as ‘mere spectator’ at PMQs The Reform UK leader complained he had ‘no right of reply’ at Prime Minister’s Questions.
The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2025 ‘I don’t know anyone who is voting Labour’: How Reform is turning a red heartland light blue This south Wales constituency has been deemed a safe Labour seat for over a century, but voters on streets of Caerphilly tell Holly Evans they are fed up – and think Nigel Farage’s Reform might be the answer
The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2025 Welfare cuts have fuelled rise of far right and populism, top UN expert says Exclusive: Poverty rapporteur says governments must rethink welfare state as essential to fabric of society
The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2025 Dear Britain, do you worry that Team Farage is just a hot mess in power? Or is everyone too angry to care Footage of Reform councillors fighting is further proof that uselessness abounds, but that’s almost moot. To voters they are very useful idiots, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde