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The Latest Breaking News from Sarah Pochin

Friday briefing: Reform takes Labour scalp in knife-edge Runcorn byelection

In today’s newsletter: Early indications of Conservative collapse in benchmark local elections

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer admits disappointment as Nigel Farage hails bombshell by-election victory and Reform snap up council seats

‘Reform are in business. They are a major challenge,’ says polling expert Professor Sir John Curtice

Evening Standard

Reform wins Runcorn byelection by just six votes in blow to Labour

Result will heighten government’s fears it could lose scores of MPs to Nigel Farage’s party at next general election

The Guardian - UK

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‘Labour have done nothing but lie’: grievances fuel Runcorn byelection battle

‘Dogfight’ between Labour and Reform UK is turning ugly after Nigel Farage’s party put immigration centre stage

The Guardian - UK

Hard-right Upstarts Eye Big Gains In Local UK Polls

Britain's anti-immigrant Reform UK party is seeking to prove its credentials as a credible political force at local elections this week that will test the popularity of Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

International Business Times

Runcorn by-election: Can Sarah Pochin give Reform the rebrand Nigel Farage is hoping for?

NEWS ANALYSIS: A self-professed ‘clean candidate’, Sarah Pochin is a far cry from many of the candidates Reform put up at the general election, but can she convince the voters of Runcorn? Millie Cooke and Harriette Boucher went to find out

The Independent UK

Reform UK candidate backed means testing winter fuel payments despite Nigel Farage calling move ‘vindictive’

Sarah Pochin said winter fuel payments should go to those who need it and not those who don’t

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Reform candidate reprimanded for using status as a magistrate to influence colleagues

Sarah Pochin’s ‘behaviour fell below the standards expected of a magistrate’, the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office said

The Independent UK

Nigel Farage serenaded in the street on campaign visit

The Reform UK leader was in Runcorn ahead of the by-election.

Evening Standard

Over 60 Reform UK candidates in local elections are Tory defectors, study finds

Labour accuses Nigel Farage’s party of ‘mass rebrand’ after research into nominations of former Conservatives

The Guardian - UK

Runcorn by-election: Inside the town that will see Starmer’s first major test at the ballot box

IN FOCUS: Having spent the first nine months in power struggling to get a grip on the narrative, a by-election loss in such a safe Labour seat would be a disaster for the party, as Millie Cooke and Harriette Boucher explain

The Independent UK

Farage rails against equality policies and says he is ‘not a fan’ of Andrew Tate

The Reform UK leader praised Donald Trump’s US administration for scrapping policies aimed at improving equality in American workplaces.

The Independent UK

Reform UK selects Runcorn candidate to challenge Labour at by-election

Sarah Pochin, a former Conservative councillor and mayor for Cheshire East, will be the party’s candidate for the upcoming by-election.

Evening Standard

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