Party leaders start campaign push ahead of Holyrood vote With the Scottish Parliament now in recess, the leaders of most of Scotland’s parties will kickstart their election campaigns on Thursday. Evening Standard · Mar 26
Farage pledges ‘total culture shift’ as he launches Reform UK local election campaign The Reform leader will formally begin his party’s campaign for the May 7 polls at an event in Sunderland on Thursday The Independent UK · Mar 25
Labour’s donations crackdown is a blow to Reform UK – and a highly political move Reform’s ability to fundraise is hobbled in a move that draws attention to donations from an overseas billionaire The Guardian - UK · Mar 25
Show of strength by Reform MPs at PMQs turns into a cameo appearance A well-timed jibe by the prime minister at Nigel Farage’s side-hustle seemed to provoke the party leader into staging a mass walkout The Guardian - UK · Mar 25
Here’s the danger: if Labour doesn’t offer a radical solution to the energy-price crisis, others will Money-off vouchers won’t do. Instead, the government needs to offer a lasting vision for energy security – because we already know what Reform’s is, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew The Guardian - UK · Mar 25
What are the rules on cryptocurrency donations to UK political parties? Temporary ban on crypto donations is being introduced after review into countering foreign interference in politics The Guardian - UK · Mar 25
Anti-London social media posts soaring, warns 'grey warfare' elections review Alarm was raised about surge in negative social media posts on the capital as Starmer announced a pause on political donations made in cryptocurrencies Evening Standard · Mar 25
Farage’s Reform UK poses ‘existential threat’ to the NHS, Wes Streeting warns Health secretary claims Reform ‘don’t believe’ in the NHS The Independent UK · Mar 25
Council tax rises for April confirmed as some areas face 9% increase Use our interactive tools to find out how much more you’ll be paying in April The Independent UK · Mar 25
Households in poor areas face some of highest council tax bills, figures show Official data shows overall council tax increases have continued, with an overall rise of 22% since 2023. Evening Standard · Mar 25
Labour could be locked out of Welsh government for first time in major blow to Starmer, poll shows A YouGov MRP poll has suggested Plaid Cymru is set to become the biggest with 43 seats followed by Reform in second place on 30 with Labour on 12 and Greens on 10 The Independent UK · Mar 25
Reform will ‘dismantle’ NHS if they win election, DWP Secretary warns Pat McFadden claimed that if Reform wins the Holyrood election the party would move the country to an insurance model. Evening Standard · Mar 25
Keir Starmer to pause crypto donations and cap those from UK voters overseas The Prime Minister told MPs the Rycroft review set out the ‘stark threats posed by illicit finance’. Evening Standard · Mar 25
Pause on cryptocurrency donations recommended in review of foreign interference Ministers have been urged to legislate for a moratorium in its Representation of the People Bill going through Parliament.. Evening Standard · Mar 25
The Independent UK · Mar 25 Keir Starmer announces temporary ban on crypto donations in blow to Reform Nigel Farage facing calls to return money as as ministers to cap donations from expats, in move that would have outlawed his party’s record-breaking £9m from Thailand-based British businessman
The Guardian - UK · Mar 25 Ipswich Town have hard questions to answer after Nigel Farage PR disaster Reform’s use of the football club has shocked fans and left the ownership red faced but how did it happen?
The Guardian - UK · Mar 25 ‘Seriously wrong’: flood-hit Lincolnshire residents at odds with Reform MP over climate Constituents’ frustration with Richard Tice reflects growing problem for party and its leaders’ climate-sceptic stance
Evening Standard · Mar 24 Reform’s Scottish leader apologises for joke and denies he is homophobic Malcolm Offord is said to have made the jest while giving a Burns Night speech in 2018.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 24 Reform accused of seeking to insert ‘toxic politics’ into English football Suella Braverman presses the FA to scrap diversity and inclusion policies, which she claims are ‘racist’
The Independent UK · Mar 24 Ipswich Town defend Nigel Farage visit as Championship club insists it is ‘apolitical’ Nigel Farage visited Ipswich Town’s Portman Road stadium on Monday and posted about it on social media afterwards
The Independent UK · Mar 24 Reform MP calls for FA coaching diversity target to be scrapped: ‘Utter woke nonsense’ Suella Braverman has written to FA chief executive Mark Bullingham calling on the governing body to ditch the target
FourFourTwo · Mar 24 Explained: Why Nigel Farage was pictured at Ipswich Town The Reform Party leader posted pictures on social media of himself at Portman Road - but why?
The Independent UK · Mar 24 Reform MP says FA diversity target ‘utter woke nonsense’ and suggests new policy Suella Braverman has written to chief executive Mark Bullingham calling on the governing body to scrap the target.
The Independent UK · Mar 24 Reform mayoral candidate suspended after likening Jewish group to ‘Islamists on horseback’ Chris Parry is being investigated for his online remarks about Shomrim, a voluntary Jewish patrol service
The Guardian - UK · Mar 24 Labour lost white working-class voters to Greens in Gorton and Denton, party analysis finds Lucy Powell says byelection showed people need a ‘reason’ to vote Labour, as senior figures consider change in strategy