Lee Anderson filmed paid-for Cameo videos at parliament in possible rules breach Reform MP made Valentine’s Day clips for platform despite previous warning about commercial filming The Guardian - UK · Mar 18
Wednesday briefing: Inside the Guardian’s investigation into Nigel Farage’s custom video clips In today’s newsletter: Henry Dyer on what we learned from uncovering the Reform leader’s Cameo recordings The Guardian - UK · Mar 18
Rayner: government ‘cannot just go through the motions in the face of decline’ Former deputy prime minister says Labour’s immigration changes are un-British and Starmer must respond to fall in party’s popularity The Guardian - UK · Mar 17
Reform UK may breach data laws with free energy bills competition Experts say Nigel Farage’s party is not being transparent about how it will use data it collects on people’s voting habits The Guardian - UK · Mar 17
Watchdog urged to investigate Reform’s ‘data harvesting’ energy bills competition Reform UK says it will pay one British street’s energy bills for a year but campaigners fear it could breach data protection laws The Independent UK · Mar 17
Polling guru says ‘no doubt’ Reform’s support is falling as Nigel Farage renews attack on YouGov Sir John Curtice and other polling analysts have noted the average for Nigel Farage’s party across polls has dropped in the past month The Independent UK · Mar 17
Nige and Honest Bob want to turn politics into a downmarket reality gameshow But their latest stunt suggests Reform may be hitting the law of diminishing returns with a press conference too far The Guardian - UK · Mar 17
Newly unearthed Nigel Farage videos reveal support for rioter, neo-Nazi event and far-right slogans Exclusive: Analysis of more than 4,000 of Reform UK leader’s paid-for Cameo videos also shows they contain misogynistic remarks and antisemitic conspiracies The Guardian - UK · Mar 17
Nigel Farage to pay annual energy bill for entire UK street in controversial Reform giveaway Reform’s Treasury spokesman Robert Jenrick said the public could enter the contest on a website where the party has set out its plans to cut fuel payments Evening Standard · Mar 17
One day Keir Starmer might say what he really thinks of Trump. But not today The PM’s natural instinct to stay out of the Iran war has been a good one, but he is left speaking in code about US relations The Guardian - UK · Mar 16
‘There is no obligation to pay more tax’: Richard Tice hits back as Labour calls for probe over £600k tax row Richard Tice has strongly defended his tax affairs after reports claimed his property company avoided nearly £600,000 in corporation tax. The Reform UK deputy leader said his firm, Quidnet REIT Ltd, followed all UK tax laws and accused critics of pushing a “new moral code” that pressures people to pay… The Times of India · Mar 16
Farage’s immigration plans will spark an EU trade war ‘worse than Trump tariffs’, warns minister Exclusive: European affairs minister delivers warning ahead of a major speech by Rachel Reeves on resetting the UK’s relationship with the EU The Independent UK · Mar 16
The Guardian - UK · Mar 16 Britons should strive to pay minimum tax legally possible, says Richard Tice Reform UK’s deputy leader comments came as he was responding to questions raised about his own tax affairs
The Guardian - UK · Mar 14 Reform UK government would replace top civil servants with those ‘more likely to implement party’s priorities’ Exclusive: Senior party figures conclude outsiders or existing senior staff deemed more suitable should take over from current permanent secretaries
The Guardian - UK · Mar 14 ‘Could be the making of him’: Starmer’s allies praise stance on Trump and Iran Refusal to kowtow to US president has won public backing – and left Badenoch and Farage playing catch-up
The Independent UK · Mar 13 How Farage reacted to Reform MP’s comments on Britain’s ‘sexual culture’ IN FULL
The Independent UK · Mar 13 Farage distances himself from Reform MP’s criticism of Britain’s ‘unregulated sexual economy’ Danny Kruger claimed the UK is ‘suffering from having a totally unregulated sexual economy’
The Conversation · Mar 13 What you study in school shapes your voting choices in adulthood Across Europe, education has become one of the biggest dividing lines in politics, and educational qualifications are now one of the best predictors of vote choice in Britain. This is particularly the case for new parties that compete more on cultural issues, including Reform and the Greens, who attract voters…
The Guardian - UK · Mar 13 So long, hereditary peers – but the Lords is still full of absurd anachronisms Two-thirds of voters want an elected second chamber. The government needs a radical legacy: it should use its rare majority for this, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
The Independent UK · Mar 12 What is Reform Judaism? History of the movement after attack on US synagogue Temple Israel boasts the second-largest congregation in the denomination
The Conversation · Mar 12 Why the rise of multi-party politics is good for democracy If a general election were held today, many British voters would notice something that has been quietly changing for years. They have more choice on the ballot than they used to. The dominance of Labour and the Conservatives is being eroded by multi-party politics. The recent Gorton and Denton byelection…
The Guardian - UK · Mar 12 There is no denying Labour is in crisis – but in a strange way, Keir Starmer is equipped to save it The fact that the PM is a pragmatist, light on ideology, could allow him to forge now essential links with other parties, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams
The Guardian - UK · Mar 12 Palantir’s NHS England contract ‘opens door to government abuse of power’, health bosses told Health justice charity Medact says data-sharing potential could be used for UK version of US immigration raids