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Reform MP deletes video with UK’s ‘worst benefits cheat’ hours after posting

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The Independent UK

Reform MP defends helping UK’s ‘worst benefits cheat’ who was jailed for fraud

Ethel McGill was featured in a video posted by the Reform MP Sarah Pochin

The Independent UK

Why Reform UK couldn’t care less about the controversial views of its candidates

NEWS ANALYSIS: Political editor David Maddox looks at why Reform UK selected Robert Kenyon as their Makerfield by-election candidate despite him being Facebook friends with neo-fascist leader Gary Raikes, the founder of the New British Union

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Reform UK’s ‘national fuel tax protest’ in Whitehall stalls as barely anyone turns up

The protest was a far cry from the tractors, lorries, and vans expected to swarm Westminster in protest at Rachel Reeves’ fuel duty tax increases

Evening Standard

‘This is not the country I moved to’: the British Indians showing support for Nigel Farage

Savitha Prakash, a first-generation immigrant running in local elections in Harrow, says Reform UK aims to ‘put Britain first’

The Guardian - UK

Fact check: Fake AI-edited image of Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin circulates online

Full Fact has reported that a real image posted by Ms Pochin from the campaign trail was edited to change the supporters she was standing with.

Evening Standard

Reform MP Sarah Pochin criticised for ‘tartan burqa’ joke

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The Independent UK

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Reform MP condemned for making ‘tartan burqa’ joke at Scottish election launch

Sarah Pochin has previously been criticised for calling for a ban on burqas

The Independent UK

Memory loss strikes down Starmer and Badenoch at an infuriating PMQs

PM and Tory leader enter maddening death spiral of dodging respective questions on Peter Mandelson and war in Middle East

The Guardian - UK

‘Act of domination’: Row erupts after UK MP Nick Timothy’s remarks on Open Iftar event at Trafalgar Square in London

A political row has erupted in the UK after Conservative MP Nick Timothy criticised a public iftar gathering in London’s Trafalgar Square, calling it an “act of domination” in a post on X. Timothy shared a video of people offering prayers during the “Open Iftar” event and wrote that “mass…

The Times of India

Nigel Farage assumes Anne Robinson role in political remake of The Weakest Link

Reform UK leader snaps at reporters as he tries to maintain control over announcement of shadow cabinet

The Guardian - UK

If you want to know what Reform would be like in power, look at how it threatened Bangor University

A debating society didn’t want to invite two figures connected to the party to speak. Cue an authoritarian response, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

Reform UK on receiving end of ‘rubbish’ jab as MP links Nigel Farage’s party to Birmingham bin crisis

An Independent MP compared Reform UK MPs to “rubbish” whilst discussing the ongoing Birmingham bin crisis.

The Independent UK

Reform UK labeled ‘racist’ over two-child benefit cap policy

A Reform spokesperson said the policy has ‘nothing to do with race’ and that MPs are ‘wilfully misrepresenting the policy’

The Independent UK

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The Conversation

Gorton and Denton byelection: Labour won comfortably in 2024 but Reform could benefit from a split vote on the left

A byelection has been set for February 26 in the Manchester constituency of Gorton and Denton. This will be a big test for Keir Starmer’s Labour party and a temperature check on the state of multi-party politics in the North. Although Labour won the seat comfortably in 2024, some early…

The Independent UK

Burnham is right – Starmer’s veto will make the Manchester by-election much harder for Labour

As Burnham is the key to stopping Reform in both Manchester seats, the prime minister faces a conundrum whatever decision he makes, writes David Maddox

Evening Standard

In Pictures: Trump, tears and taxes feature in the best political images of 2025

The Press Association’s photographers captured some extraordinary moments in UK politics throughout the year.

International Business Times UK

UK Government Reverses Farm Inheritance Tax Rules After Protests — Relief Threshold Raised

UK government raises farm inheritance tax relief threshold after farmer protests, easing pressure on family farms while keeping higher taxes for larger estates.

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The Guardian - UK

A black swan event: Keir actually cracked a good joke at PMQs

MPs from most corners of Commons laughed at the festive gag – but stony-faced Farage failed to see the funny side

The Guardian - UK

‘America is British’. Heaven is ‘a socialist state’. David Attenborough is ‘anti-human’ – the startling theories of Reform MP Danny Kruger

He was a Conservative party big-hitter who wrote speeches for David Cameron and worked with Boris Johnson before he suddenly jumped ship. He talks family, flags and why Nigel Farage is ‘top dog’

The Conversation

Is racism becoming more acceptable in the UK?

Keir Starmer has called on Nigel Farage to address allegations of racism in Reform UK, and antisemitic and xenophobic comments and bullying allegedly made by Farage while he was at school. Farage has denied the accusations.

The Independent UK

Starmer brands Farage ‘spineless’ amid claims about his schooldays

The prime minister urged the Reform leader to ‘explain the alleged comments’ as soon as possible

The Guardian - UK

Starmer accuses ‘spineless’ Farage of failure to tackle racism in Reform party

PM says Reform UK leader also has ‘questions to answer’ about alleged racist comments and chants at school

The Guardian - UK

Nige is no longer laughing at himself as he ‘performs’ yet another big speech

Reform leader is trying to make it as a mainstream politician – which involves contradicting himself and gaslighting voters

Evening Standard

Court hears allegation of Labour fraud after Reform UK Runcorn by-election win

The result of the Runcorn and Helsby by-election is being challenged by English Constitution Party candidate Graham Moore.

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