Reform UK councillor quits party with attack on Farage just days after election The councillor had posted on social media about her plans to defect from Reform UK after the election The Independent UK · May 5, 2025
Reform accused of seeking ban on flying Ukrainian flags over council buildings Hard-right party says only St George’s and union jack flags to be permitted on or in its English council properties The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2025
Labour must offer a hopeful vision to voters, not ape Reform Letters: Imitating Reform’s socially rightwing policies puts off Labour voters but doesn’t convince Reform voters to switch either, says James Marsters. Plus letters from Richard Repper and Tim Gossling The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2025
Row breaks out over Reform banning Ukraine flags from flying above town halls Reform UK will only allow the union jack, St George’s flag and county flags on council buildings The Independent UK · May 5, 2025
Tory MPs to meet to discuss ousting Kemi Badenoch ‘before it is too late’ Exclusive: After disastrous local elections, many Tory MPs have concluded that Badenoch cannot lead them into the next general election The Independent UK · May 5, 2025
Look at how Reform speaks about minorities. Why would Labour want to mimic this nasty party? The British public is more liberal and tolerant than you would believe from our politicians. Time for Keir Starmer to appeal to Britain’s best side, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2025
Reform says county standards will fly as well as Union and St George’s flags The party took control of 10 local authorities in England at last week’s local elections, including Durham, Lancashire and Staffordshire. Evening Standard · May 5, 2025
‘The hypocrisy is staggering’: will swift bricks fall prey to government fears of Reform? Campaigner Hannah Bourne-Taylor fears goal of requiring all new homes in England to include a hollow brick to help endangered cavity-nesting birds may be dropped The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2025
Newly Elected Reform UK Councillor Suspended Just 3 Days Into the Job It didn’t take long for trouble to brew after last week’s elections — just three days in, and Reform UK has already suspended one of its freshly elected councilors. The Fashion Central · May 5, 2025
Reform offers home working jobs despite vowing to crack down on working from home Reform UK offers staff the option of home working despite vowing to end working from home The Independent UK · May 5, 2025
Let’s be clear: this Conservative party is dead. Those who killed it should own up so we can move on The local elections wipeout proves that out-Reforming Reform cannot and does not work. Both Tories – and Labour – need to rethink hard and fast, says writer and former Conservative MP Justine Greening The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2025
Rape victims says Labour minister should resign after calling grooming gangs 'dog whistle' issue Lucy Powell under mounting pressure over comments on the grooming gangs scandal made on national radio Evening Standard · May 5, 2025
Green deputy launches leadership bid with UK ‘eco-populism’ vision Exclusive: Surprise challenger Zack Polanski says party can learn from success of Nigel Farage and Reform UK The Guardian - UK · May 5, 2025
Swinney says there is a ‘very real possibility’ Farage could be UK’s next PM Scotland’s First Minister said he is ‘fearful of what lies ahead’ as he condemned the ‘alien values that Nigel Farage is peddling’. Evening Standard · May 4, 2025
The Independent UK · May 4, 2025 Starmer must raise taxes to counter ‘real threat’ Reform, former minister says Labour and the Conservatives are under pressure to reverse their parties’ fortunes
Evening Standard · May 4, 2025 Starmer’s former minister Haigh urges him to rip up tax rules to counter Reform Labour and the Conservatives are under pressure to reverse their parties’ fortunes after Reform picked up 10 councils and more than 600 seats.
The Independent UK · May 4, 2025 Even though they have control of 10 councils, Reform may find that running them as they want is a lot harder than they think THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Now that Nigel Farage’s party has a foothold, the country will be able to judge them on what they do, not just on what they say
The Guardian - UK · May 4, 2025 Labour must avoid ‘naive’ lurch to right after Reform success, Haigh warns Exclusive: former transport minister criticises party’s direction and calls on Starmer to focus on issues like taxation and welfare reform
The Guardian - UK · May 4, 2025 Reform UK to resist housing asylum seekers in its council areas, chair says Echoing comments by Nigel Farage, Zia Yusuf says judicial reviews, injunctions and planning laws will be used
The National (Scotland) · May 4, 2025 Reform rise sees Unionist parties shifting further to the right THE rise of Reform has seen Unionist parties move further to the right, giving Yes parties an opportunity to put forward a different vision for…
The Fashion Central · May 4, 2025 Farage Shakes Up Westminster as Reform Surges and Voters Turn Their Backs on Labour and Tories A deep sense of panic is creeping through the corridors of Britain’s political establishment.
The Guardian - UK · May 4, 2025 The English question now isn’t about Reform or party politics: it’s the rage that means we can’t talk to each other any more My time in Lincolnshire highlighted our country’s most serious problem: the disconnection that means solutions can’t be reached, says Guardian columnist John Harris
Evening Standard · May 4, 2025 Reform will use ‘every instrument’ to resist asylum hotels in areas it runs Party chairman Zia Yusuf said he was ‘realistic’ about the fact the levers of change at a local level ‘pale in comparison’ to Westminster powers.
The Independent UK · May 4, 2025 Downing Street fury at Farage plot to tie up Starmer government in legal challenges Exclusive: Reform’s new Lincolnshire mayor Andrea Jenkyns has revealed that Farage plans to use the party’s control of councils across England to launch a series of legal challenges to block Labour government policy on net zero and housing asylum seekers
The Independent UK · May 4, 2025 Labour minister urged to quit over ‘dog whistle’ remark on grooming gangs The Commons leader has apologised after suggesting on BBC ‘Any Questions?’ that raising concerns over Asian grooming gangs was ‘dog whistle’ politics