Cross-party talks needed to tackle climate crisis, say Lib Dems Andy Burnham urged to seek consensus over response to extreme heat and forthcoming ‘super El Niño’ The Guardian - UK · Aug 31
‘Burnham bounce’ is over, pollsters warn Exclusive: Polling experts say the boost Labour received from changing prime minister is not enough to win a general election The Independent UK · Aug 31
‘GB News wouldn’t touch him’: Milo Yiannopoulos will struggle to fit in with UK right wing ‘Alt-right’ agitator and former Trump backer deported from US is said also to be too extreme for Reform The Guardian - UK · Aug 30
Nonsensical housing policy from Reform Brief letters: Foreign-born citizens | A heartwarming visitor | United States of Trump | What’s in a name? | Against the odds The Guardian - UK · Aug 30
London mayor battle erupts as Labour and Reform MPs slam Tory hopeful James Cleverly Rival parties tear into former Tory Home Secretary after announcement of his bid to be Conservative candidate for Mayor of London Evening Standard · Aug 30
On long road back from Brexit, north-east’s recovery rides on survival of Nissan’s ‘shining star’ plant Operating at only half its capacity, Japanese carmaker’s Sunderland factory seeks deal with China’s Chery as it battles Brexit threats The Guardian - UK · Aug 30
Arms and the £5m man: Farage megadonor Christopher Harborne’s military empire Reform UK denies donor and crypto-billionaire’s global interests in arms and military could present a conflict of interest over its defence spending policy The Guardian - UK · Aug 30
Giorgia on their minds: Farage and Badenoch scrap to be mates with Meloni Tories accuse Reform of ‘peddling conspiracy theories’ as row erupts in wake of Conservative leader’s trip to Rome The Guardian - UK · Aug 30
Cleverly finally turns battle for London into serious contest again – and why it’s good news for Badenoch ANALYSIS: As Sir James Cleverly announces he is quitting the shadow cabinet to run for London mayor, political editor David Maddox considers the implications for the election in two years’ time, and why Kemi Badenoch will be happy The Independent UK · Aug 29
SNP Westminster leader U-turns after opening door to indyref deal with Nigel Farage THE SNP’s Westminster leader has U-turned after opening the door to a deal with Reform UK that would put Nigel Farage’s party into power if they… The National (Scotland) · Aug 28
French far-right leader Jordan Bardella to address Reform UK party conference Speech part of effort to strengthen National Rally party’s international ties before Marine Le Pen’s presidential bid The Guardian - UK · Aug 28
TalkTV under fire for not disclosing reporter’s ties to Reform UK in Channel crossing film Christian Drogan’s Invading Britain shows former builder turned journalist trying to travel from France to England in small boat The Guardian - UK · Aug 28
Holidaymakers ‘disenfranchise themselves’, says Reform MP over postal vote plans Danny Kruger said anyone wanting to cast a ballot in British polls would ‘need to do it in person’ unless they are ‘literally unable to get there’. Evening Standard · Aug 28
Farage demands crackdown on non-English speaking Britons voting in elections The Reform UK proposals include removing the right to vote of Commonwealth citizens, ensuring that election material is only published in languages native to the British Isles and restricting postal voting The Independent UK · Aug 28
Evening Standard · Aug 27 Full list of seats Labour could lose in London to Reform, Tory and Green surge, according to new poll City’s political map set to be transformed by fragmentation of British politics
Evening Standard · Aug 27 Nigel Farage, Kemi Badenoch and Zack Polanski's parties to hammer Labour with loss of up to 18 MPs in London, new poll shows Tories could gain eight seats, the Greens four and Reform three from Labour
The Guardian - UK · Aug 27 Does Nigel Farage know what people really think of him? I do – and he won’t like it An anti-Farage army of voters is there to be galvanised, as exclusive data shows. But getting them out will be tricky, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
International Business Times UK · Aug 26 Conservative-Reform UK Rift Deepens as Robert Jenrick Attacks Kemi Badenoch Over Giorgia Meloni Row Robert Jenrick accuses Kemi Badenoch of lying about her meeting with Italian PM Giorgia Meloni, intensifying tensions between the Conservative Party and Reform UK.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 26 With Nige still sulking, it was left to Honest Bob to unveil Reform UK’s latest ‘policies’ The sense of futility hanging over the room was almost overwhelming as Robert Jenrick took the stage
The Guardian - UK · Aug 26 ‘Pack of lies’: Robert Jenrick launches personal attack on Kemi Badenoch Reform MP seeks to heap pressure on Tory leader amid confusion around details of meeting with Giorgia Meloni
The Guardian - UK · Aug 26 Andy Burnham should rip up our undemocratic first past the post system – even if some in Labour disagree Rearguard reactionaries may try to block the idea of a national commission into proportional representation, but we should want more not less democracy, says Neal Lawson, director of Compass
The Independent UK · Aug 26 Restore Britain is being taken seriously by pollsters – and it’s bad news for Farage The decision by experts to start specifically asking voters if they support Rupert Lowe’s party is a highly significant development in the UK’s fragmented politics. Political Editor David Maddox explains why
The Independent UK · Aug 26 Fresh blow for Farage as Reform falls further behind Labour in new poll IN FULL
The National (Scotland) · Aug 26 Reform UK blasted for 'unserious and unworkable' plans to scrap data protection laws REFORM UK have been condemned over their new “unworkable and unserious” plans to scrap date protection laws if the party get into government ...
The Independent UK · Aug 26 Farage’s Reform slumps to lowest poll rating in 18 months The dip comes after weeks of infighting within the party