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
Nigel Farage to promise business deregulation in economic policy speech Reform UK leader to set out ‘pro-entrepreneurship’ agenda while rowing back on tax cuts pledge The Guardian - 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
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
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 has six months to save the Tories – and her leadership, MPs warn There is consternation among MPs that support for the Conservative Party has dropped seven points in the year since she became leader, with no signs of recovery The Independent UK · Nov 1, 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
Reform councillor issues blistering attack on Farage’s party as he defects to Tories James Buchan says he wanted to be able to look his family in the eye and say, ‘that’s not who I am’ The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2025
Reform councillor switches to Tories after becoming ‘uncomfortable’ with party James Buchan accused the party of having ‘a pretty unfortunate way of treating people’. Evening Standard · Oct 31, 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
International Business Times 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.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2025 Soaring costs trigger calls to address transport for Send pupils in England National Audit Office finds £415m overspend as more children travel farther to schools that meet their needs
Evening Standard · Oct 30, 2025 Reform MP loses Court of Appeal bid to throw out challenge to by-election result Graham Moore, a losing candidate in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election in May, has launched a legal challenge against the result.
The Conversation · Oct 30, 2025 Why did the polls get the Caerphilly byelection wrong? They ignored the fact Reform is an English nationalist party The results of the Caerphilly Senedd byelection held on October 23 were certainly a shock to Labour and to the Conservatives, but they also cast doubt on the reliability of polling as well. It had for some time appeared that Reform was in the running to win the seat but…
The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2025 More than half of UK businesses changing DEI approach due to Trump’s criticism Leading UK organisations reacting to pushback against diversity initiatives in the US by reviewing or even scrapping policies
Evening Standard · Oct 30, 2025 Reform council leader has ‘no regrets’ after leaked video meeting A leaked video of a Reform member meeting saw Kent County Council leader Linden Kemkaran telling members to ‘suck it up’ when they disagreed with her.
Evening Standard · Oct 30, 2025 SNP and Plaid would resist ‘consuming of UK politics by far-right’, says Swinney The Scottish First Minister met Plaid Cymru leader Rhun ap Iorwerth at Bute House in Edinburgh on Thursday.
Evening Standard · Oct 30, 2025 Reform councillor’s Sharia law claims ‘ludicrous, absurd and divisive’ – Swinney Audrey Dempsey made the remark at a meeting of the party’s Glasgow branch.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 30, 2025 Just beads in a glass jar: this is how the Tories dehumanise migrants and those in need The Conservatives, like Reform, are rooting their immigration policy in the language of welfare dependency. It’s deeply harmful, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
Evening Standard · Oct 30, 2025 Reform MP’s advert comments risk normalising ‘flagrant racism’ – Lammy Sarah Pochin apologised for causing offence after saying she was ‘driven mad’ by seeing ‘adverts full of black and Asian people’.
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