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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 · Jul 17, 2025

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) · Jul 17, 2025

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 · Jul 17, 2025

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

The Independent UK · Jul 16, 2025

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.

Evening Standard · Jul 16, 2025

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.

International Business Times · Jul 16, 2025

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 · Jul 16, 2025

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 Guardian - UK · Jul 16, 2025

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 · Jul 15, 2025

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

The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2025