A useful enemy? Why Tories and Reform are calling net zero policy into question Cross-party consensus on climate appears to have broken down despite polls showing public support for action The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2025
Labour will drop ‘unaffordable’ net zero policies, predicts Reform’s deputy leader Richard Tice says voters will turn on government unless energy bills fall The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2025
Voices: A burqa ban won’t protect or unite Britain – it will divide us COMMENT: When politicians stir up fear around the burqa or the veil, they are not defending public safety – they are inflaming prejudice for political gain, writes Baroness Shaista Gohir OBE The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2025
There hasn’t been a ‘big chancellor’ since Osborne: IFS chief gives final mark As he steps down after 14 years, Paul Johnson says politicians and voters refuse to accept economic tradeoffs The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2025
Labour minister admits he was wrong to claim most small boats migrants are 'babies, children and women' Chief Secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones faced mounting criticism after his erroneous comments on BBC Question Time Evening Standard · Jun 13, 2025
Minister agrees small boats crossings mainly men after Question Time claim Darren Jones faced criticism after suggesting on the BBC’s Question Time that the majority of small boats crossings are ‘children, babies and women’. Evening Standard · Jun 13, 2025
Defections are ‘good thing’, claims Badenoch Kemi Badenoch spoke at her first Scottish Tory conference since taking over as leader of the party in the UK. Evening Standard · Jun 13, 2025
Kemi Badenoch thinks people leaving Conservatives is a ‘good thing’ Nigel Farage’s Reform party has taken a steady stream of councillors from the Tories in Scotland in recent months The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2025
Kemi Badenoch questions Reform UK and Labour ‘belief in the Union’ KEMI Badenoch has questioned both Reform UK and Labour’s “belief in the Union” ... The National (Scotland) · Jun 13, 2025
‘London is in decline’: How the guerrilla Tube graffiti cleaners think they can save the city Looking for Growth are the people you’ve seen cleaning your Tube carriages. We spoke to the budding changemakers about their big plans for London Evening Standard · Jun 13, 2025
Farage’s Reform will ‘let the SNP in’, Badenoch warns The Conservative leader said Scots ‘deserve better’ than another five years of John Swinney’s party in power at Holyrood. Evening Standard · Jun 13, 2025
Reform UK claim to have 11,000 Scottish members in challenge to Labour Scottish Labour have said that they have more members north of the Border than Reform UK after Nigel Farage’s party claimed to have hit 11,000 The National (Scotland) · Jun 13, 2025
Russell Findlay objects to BBC question on Kemi Badenoch's popularity in Scotland RUSSELL Findlay has refused to say what Scottish voters think of Kemi Badenoch, instead taking issue with the BBC’s question ... The National (Scotland) · Jun 13, 2025
Why does Nigel Farage get to play British politics on easy mode? The UK’s electoral system traditionally makes it hard for new parties to succeed. Not Reform. Sitting back from the fray, it sets the agenda, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett The Guardian - UK · Jun 13, 2025
The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2025 Jonathan Reynolds mocks Nigel Farage’s coal mines plan as an ‘absolute parody’ Nigel Farage fails to understand ‘the pride in where we’re from and what we represent’, the business secretary said
Evening Standard · Jun 12, 2025 Tories call for information watchdog to probe Reform UK’s data requests Nigel Farage’s political party has requested a broad swathe of information from the councils it now controls across England.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 12, 2025 ‘Disastrous’: John Swinney facing SNP backlash after Hamilton byelection loss Leader hears demands for a clearer vision focused on independence ahead of next year’s Holyrood elections
The Guardian - UK · Jun 12, 2025 Reeves’ review shows Labour plans to take on the right over net zero By earmarking billions of pounds for the green economy, Labour is setting itself apart from the Tories and Reform
The Guardian - UK · Jun 11, 2025 Spending review fails to impress former Labour supporters in West Yorkshire town Plans to spend more on housing are met with scepticism in Morley and resentment over winter fuel payments remains
The Independent UK · Jun 11, 2025 Voices: How Labour’s spending review was shaped by Reform UK COMMENT: The chancellor insisted her choices were ‘Labour choices’. But as I watched her deliver her statement, I couldn’t help thinking that much of it was aimed at seeing off the rising threat to Labour from Nigel Farage, writes Andrew Grice
The Independent UK · Jun 11, 2025 Voices: Securing more money for schools is only the start of what we need to do to fix the education system COMMENT: The chancellor’s spending review focus on investment in schools gives Britain’s children the chance of the best possible start in life, writes Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson
The Independent UK · Jun 11, 2025 New Reform chair says ‘strong case’ for death penalty in clash with Nigel Farage IN FULL
The Fashion Central · Jun 11, 2025 Diane Abbott Fires Up Crowd by Calling Starmer’s Speech ‘Far-Right Rhetoric’ - Fashion Central UK Diane Abbott hasn’t held back in her latest comments about Prime Minister Keir Starmer, accusing him of echoing far-right talking points and calling his
The Independent UK · Jun 11, 2025 New Reform chair David Bull calls for return of death penalty Dr David Bull also called for burqas to be banned in the UK
The Independent UK · Jun 11, 2025 Awkward moment new Reform UK chair David Bull is shown his tweet calling Nigel Farage an idiot New Reform UK chairman David Bull was shown a previous tweet he posted calling Nigel Farage an “idiot” during a live breakfast TV interview.