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Farage repeats ‘no idea’ six times over Reform mayor’s 600% allowance hike

Nigel Farage has responded that he has “no idea” six times in an interview with the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg.

The Independent UK

Suella, Jacob, even Liz? Inside Reform’s unofficial plan to bag a Tory big beast

Officially, the party says there is no mission to court Conservative defectors, but insiders suggest otherwise, and warn against the dangers of doing so

The Guardian - UK

‘Green shoots’ or coalmining past? Welsh town reacts to Labour and Reform’s visions for future

In the final part of a series, we look at the political battle for Bridgend after the closure of its Ford plant

The Guardian - UK

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The Independent UK

Ministers to pledge ‘root and branch reform’ of water industry

Water bills rose by an average of 26% in April, with the cost of repairing long-neglected infrastructure said to be a significant factor.

Evening Standard

Reform’s war on net zero plans will cost one million jobs, Labour say

Energy minister Michael Shanks said Reform’s plans are ‘anti-jobs’ and ‘anti-growth’

The Independent UK

Labour accuses Reform of threatening almost one million jobs with net zero plans

Reform deputy leader Richard Tice wrote to energy companies urging them not to invest in the latest round of green energy contracts.

Evening Standard

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Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf blames team for ‘like’ on anti-semitic post

Nigel Farage is facing calls to sack the former Reform UK chair – now head of its ‘Doge unit’

The Independent UK

Robert Jenrick accuses Zia Yusuf in antisemitic tweet row

The shadow justice secretary said that Nigel Farage’s party should give ex-chairman Mr Yusuf ‘the boot’.

The Independent UK

Reform UK loses another by-election called after councillor quit days into role

Despite the loss, Nigel Farage’s party was able to add three new councillors to its ranks in elections held in Kent and Essex

Evening Standard

Labour MPs challenge Richard Tice over Reform UK’s plan to scrap green projects

Exclusive: Letter signed by 59 MPs criticises party’s deputy leader after his warned energy firms over new contracts

The Guardian - UK

Reform spent just £5.5m on the 2024 election, while Labour’s majority cost £30m – new data

The 2024 election was the most expensive in British political history, new figures confirm. Across parties, candidates and third parties, a whopping £94.5 million was spent. This compares with £72.6 million in 2019, which was a record high.

The Conversation

Here's why Reform are issuing threats to firms over renewables

REFORM UK have issued a threat to energy firms bidding for renewables contracts, in its latest attempt to bring an end to net zero policies.

The National (Scotland)

Commons Leader rolls out Oasis puns to describe year since Labour’s election

Lucy Powell, who represents Manchester, also urged the Tories to Stop Crying Their Heart Out over their defeat last July.

Evening Standard

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OPINION - Giving 16 year olds the vote? Where will this madness end - with babies at the ballot box?

No, you can't get married when you're sixteen. And even if you could, 'love' shouldn't bestow you with the franchise.

The National (Scotland)

Reform 'sabotaging' Scotland's energy industry, blasts John Swinney

REFORM UK’s threat to companies over clean energy contracts is “sabotaging” Scotland’s renewables industry, John Swinney has said.

Evening Standard

Sixteen-year-olds to be allowed to vote as ministers set out reforms

Labour’s manifesto committed the party to lowering the voting age for parliamentary elections.

The Guardian - UK

Reform’s anti-renewables stance ‘putting jobs and energy bills at risk’

Industry says party’s threat to strip wind and solar subsidies if it enters power undermines national interest

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The Independent UK

Reform gives power companies ‘formal notice’ it plans to scrap their clean energy subsidies

‘The political consensus that has sheltered your industry for nearly two decades is fracturing,’ MP says

Evening Standard

Reform tells energy firms it would scrap their clean power subsidies

Richard Tice has written to firms giving them ‘formal notice’ that Reform would tear up contracts designed to boost green energy investment.

International Business Times

UK's Starmer Suspends Several Labour Rebels

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer suspended several lawmakers on Wednesday as he tried to reassert his authority over his ruling Labour party following a rebellion over welfare reforms.

The Guardian - UK

Reform-led Durham county council scraps climate emergency declaration

Durham is thought to be first UK local authority to rescind its statement, in a move condemned as a ‘very dark day’

The Guardian - UK

Will Nigel Farage’s attempt to copy and paste Trump’s policies work in the UK?

The Reform leader is trying to import Doge’s cuts to spending and ‘DEI’. It’s clear what he gets out of it – not so much the British voter, says author Samuel Earle

The Independent UK

Voices: Kemi Badenoch is ‘wrong and strong’ – particularly when it comes to the two-child benefit cap

COMMENT: First it was maternity leave, then the gender pay gap – does the Leader of the Opposition actually care about women and families at all, asks Ava Vidal

The Independent UK

Voices: Is it time to give up on the NHS, our national religion?

COMMENT: The former health secretary Sajid Javid says we should charge £20 for GP appointments and replace the health service with a Dutch-style social insurance system – just as Wes Streeting warns the doctors that they are paving the way for Nigel Farage to do just that, writes John Rentoul

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