Police seek Reform UK conference protester after footage shows audience pulling her hair A man in the Reform rally audience was also seen hitting the protester with a walking stick Evening Standard · Sep 5
Farage brushes aside Reform controversies in closing conference speech – UK politics as it happened ‘Sometimes we will get things wrong and get a bit of a kicking for it,’ party leader tells gathering in Birmingham The Guardian - UK · Sep 5
Farage Faces Poll Funding Questions After Reform Aide Says Party Could 'Easily Get Away With It' Nigel Farage under scrutiny as investigation reveals alleged US funding for Reform UK polls, raising electoral law concerns. Reform UK denies wrongdoing amid calls for a criminal probe. International Business Times UK · Sep 5
Police issue plea after protester 'assaulted' at Reform UK conference West Midlands Police have issued a plea after a protester was allegedly assaulted by Reform UK members during the party's conference in… The National (Scotland) · Sep 5
The pressure on Burnham to appease the right is huge. But now is the time to step out of Reform’s shadow A scandal-besieged Reform still has a loyal base that won’t budge. That should free up the PM to deliver some home truths, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett The Guardian - UK · Sep 5
Reform to promise tax cut for millions as donations row rumbles on Reform said the plan would save the average taxpayer £500 a year and take 2.9 million people out of income tax altogether The Independent UK · Sep 5
Robert Jenrick pledges tax cut amid row over Reform donations Reform said the plan would save the average taxpayer £500 a year and take 2.9 million people out of income tax altogether Evening Standard · Sep 5
Two senior Reform UK officials resign as Farage faces fresh foreign donations scandal Two senior officials from the hard-right Reform UK party stepped down Friday following a hidden-camera investigation that appeared to show them soliciting substantial foreign funding for party-commissioned opinion polls and a potential £500,000 donation from a US donor – banned under UK law. France 24 · Sep 5
The two-year trail of financial controversy dogging Reform and Farage Six claims the party has faced – from an undisclosed £5m gift to an alleged plot to bypass election laws The Guardian - UK · Sep 5
Farage to take to the stage at Reform conference again amid donations row Reform UK has found itself at the centre of another row about donations as its party conference takes place. Evening Standard · Sep 4
Scandals overshadow Reform UK conference despite Farage ‘loose pub talk’ claims IN FULL The Independent UK · Sep 4
‘Major potential breaches of British election law’: Inside Channel 4’s investigation into Reform UK Gavin Lee is pleased to welcome Peter Geoghegan, an award-winning investigative journalist. He's the editor of the Substack Democracy for Sale and the author of the best-selling book "Democracy for Sale". Geoghegan explains the significance of the Channel 4 investigation not simply over the conduct allegedly captured on camera, but… France 24 · Sep 4
Nigel Farage fights for survival as new Reform sleaze scandal rocks party Party leader dealt blow as two key aides step down hours before conference speech – and police say they are in talks with Electoral Commission The Independent UK · Sep 4
The Guardian - UK · Sep 4 ‘I can’t be bought,’ Nige tells Reform’s faithful – however different it may look Just as the party leader had hoped to change the narrative, along came Channel 4 News to spoil his conference fun
The Guardian - UK · Sep 4 Cambridge University examines conduct of academic suspended by Reform UK James Orr, an associate professor, was shown in Channel 4 News footage apparently trying to sidestep electoral law
The Independent UK · Sep 4 Andy Burnham must take his chance to bury Nigel Farage THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Reform UK’s embarrassment over an apparent conspiracy to accept foreign donations gives the prime minister an opportunity to win back the party’s left-behind voters
Evening Standard · Sep 4 Protesters interrupt Nigel Farage’s conference speech Activist group Climate Resistance said it was behind the disruption, saying protesters shouted ‘Nigel, you’re bankrolled by billionaires’.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 4 Farage seeks to shore up damaged leadership as scandal engulfs Reform conference Splits emerge within party after resignation of officials reported to police for apparent plot to evade donations law
Evening Standard · Sep 4 Nigel Farage defends himself over foreign donation claims The annual gathering at Birmingham’s NEC has been overshadowed by yet more allegations about party funding.
The Independent UK · Sep 4 Calls for Reform UK’s Richard Tice to face probe over alleged unregistered donation IN FULL
The Guardian - UK · Sep 4 The Guardian view on Reform’s funding scandal: Nigel Farage has questions to answer Editorial: An undercover investigation raises issues around foreign money, political transparency and the rightwing populist party’s fitness for power
The National (Scotland) · Sep 4 Malcolm Offord misled parliament. So why was Scotland's media silent? IN the first First Minister’s Questions of the new Holyrood session, Reform UK’s Scottish leader Malcolm Offord could not even finish his first…
The Independent UK · Sep 4 Cambridge University investigating professor over Reform UK donations sting IN FULL
The Independent UK · Sep 4 Farage’s Reform UK conference speech delayed as ‘counter terror cops won’t let him on stage’ IN FULL