The Latest Breaking News from Reform

Flagship Reform council proposes to raise tax almost 4% after pledging cuts

Kent County Council produced a draft budget for 2026-27 on Thursday evening, revealing a 3.99% council tax hike.

Evening Standard · Jan 9

Starmer accused of delaying law change on ethnic minority pay gap over fears of Farage backlash

A scathing letter from the Ethnicity Pay Gap Steering Committee has questioned why Labour have delayed legal changes for wage justice for six months

The Independent UK · Jan 8

‘Go back home’: Farage schoolmate accounts bring total alleging racist behaviour to 34

Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries say Reform leader often used antisemitic language and racial epithets

The Guardian - UK · Jan 8

I want to be first minister, says potential Reform leader in Scotland

Lord Malcolm Offord said his name is in the hat for the role of the party’s Scottish leader.

Evening Standard · Jan 8

Badenoch claims forthcoming business rates U-turn for pubs ‘too little, too late’ – as it happened

Conservative leader criticises government’s U-turn but change likely to be welcomed by pub trade

The Guardian - UK · Jan 8

Labour in pole position to win 2028 race for Mayor of London, new survey reveals

EXCLUSIVE: Sir Sadiq Khan’s party is on 32%, the Conservatives 20%, Reform 19%, the Greens 13% and Liberal Democrats 11%

Evening Standard · Jan 8

Reeves condemns Farage opposition to lifting two-child benefit cap

Exclusive: Chancellor says Reform leader wants to keep children in poverty based on skin colour after U-turn

The Guardian - UK · Jan 7

Fact check: Polling company registered at an address months after Reform UK left

A widely shared online post claimed polling firm Merlin Strategy and Reform UK had the same office address.

Evening Standard · Jan 7

Nigel Farage Slams 'Discredited' BBC Over Question Time 'Audience Plant' Selection Row

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage declares the BBC 'discredited' after a vocal Question Time audience member who attacked his party was revealed to be a Plaid Cymru council candidate.

International Business Times UK · Jan 7

It’s unwise for Labour to attack the Green party and its wealth tax proposal

Letters: Readers respond to the Fabian Society’s leader, Joe Dromey, describing the Green party as a threat to be countered alongside Reform

The Guardian - UK · Jan 7