The Latest Breaking News from Reform

Election results and the rise of Reform UK reflect a broken voting system

Letters: Guardian readers respond to the Runcorn byelection and the local and mayoral results

The Guardian - UK · May 2, 2025

English elections so far – Reform lead with nearly 500 councillors

REFORM UK have nearly 500 councillors after the English local elections saw them annihilate the Tories and emerge as a serious threat to Labour.

The National (Scotland) · May 2, 2025

Reform UK’s Richard Tice defends Andrea Jenkyns comment that migrants ‘should be put in tents’

Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice has defended new mayor of Greater Lincolnshire Andrea Jenkyns’ calls for migrants to be “put in tents”.

The Independent UK · May 2, 2025

Badenoch apologises as Tories suffer heavy local election defeat

The Tory leader conceded the public was ‘still not yet ready to trust us’ after losing hundreds of councillors in a Reform UK surge.

Evening Standard · May 2, 2025

Luke Campbell: From boxing champion to Reform’s mayor of Hull and East Yorkshire

The 37-year-old fought Vasiliy Lomachenko and Ryan Garcia among others during his pro career

The Independent UK · May 2, 2025

Reform enters local government for the first time with UK mayoral election wins

The UK now has two regional mayors representing the Reform party, following English local elections on May 1. This is the first time anyone from the party has held a government position at any level.

The Conversation · May 2, 2025

Farage vows to ‘resist’ asylum hotels as Reform celebrates major gains

Mr Farage’s party has gained hundreds of seats and taken control of five councils.

Evening Standard · May 2, 2025

Fact check: Reform UK’s NHS policy and Labour’s free breakfast clubs pledge

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard · May 2, 2025

Major M62 traffic delays after multi-vehicle crash before bank holiday rush hour

The M62 has been shut westbound between junction 19 and junction 18

The Independent UK · May 2, 2025

Reform sweep to victory across councils in local elections

The party has taken control of seven local councils, winning hundreds of seats across localities from Durham to Kent.

Evening Standard · May 2, 2025