‘I wasn’t even listening,’ Farage says of donations scandal meeting Reform UK leader maintains innocence in overseas funding controversy on last day of party conference The Guardian - UK · Sep 5
‘Rain man’ to the rescue? France’s ex-president Hollande plots unlikely comeback Once so deeply unpopular he had to give up running for a second term in office, former French president François Hollande has slipped back into the conversation ahead of next year’s Élysée Palace race, hoping voters put off by squabbling candidates will come to see him as a safe –… France 24 · Sep 5
Reform will ‘make mistakes’, says Farage after conference marred by donor row The Reform leader has denied wrongdoing throughout the three-day event. Evening Standard · Sep 5
'I wasn't even listening': Farage defends lunch where Reform discussed accepting foreign money Nigel Farage and his former chief of staff Dan Jukes were filmed talking with an undercover reporter posing as a US donor Evening Standard · Sep 5
Raise the Colours leader given access to Reform UK conference while on bail Ryan Bridge, arrested this year on suspicion of religiously and racially aggravated harassment, says party invited him The Guardian - UK · Sep 5
‘The chancellor is in a bind’: is No 11 at odds with Burnham’s big vision? MPs applaud PM’s ambition and optimism but John Healey has yet to show he can match leader’s radical perspective The Guardian - UK · Sep 5
Farage expects more investigations as he prepares to close Reform conference The party leader told ITV he was certain Reform had accepted no illicit donations. Evening Standard · Sep 5
Reform vows to raise personal allowance to £15,000 as part of huge tax cuts plans Robert Jenrick pledged to resign if he failed to deliver the promise in the first 100 days of a Reform government Evening Standard · Sep 5
Reform continues to cast doubt on climate science. Do its supporters agree? Climate scepticism is common at the Reform party conference, but many also criticise Labour for failing to protect Britons from hot weather The Guardian - UK · Sep 5
Reform round on Zia Yusuf over 'nasty' suggestion top Labour candidate in London by-election isn't British Sagal Abdi-Wali, a former child refugee from Somalia, has been tipped as an early front-runner to take over from Sir Keir Starmer Evening Standard · Sep 5
Police seek Reform UK conference protester after footage shows audience pulling her hair A man in the Reform rally audience was also seen hitting the protester with a walking stick Evening Standard · Sep 5
Farage brushes aside Reform controversies in closing conference speech – UK politics as it happened ‘Sometimes we will get things wrong and get a bit of a kicking for it,’ party leader tells gathering in Birmingham The Guardian - UK · Sep 5
Police issue plea after protester 'assaulted' at Reform UK conference West Midlands Police have issued a plea after a protester was allegedly assaulted by Reform UK members during the party's conference in… The National (Scotland) · Sep 5
The pressure on Burnham to appease the right is huge. But now is the time to step out of Reform’s shadow A scandal-besieged Reform still has a loyal base that won’t budge. That should free up the PM to deliver some home truths, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett The Guardian - UK · Sep 5
Evening Standard · Sep 5 Robert Jenrick pledges tax cut amid row over Reform donations Reform said the plan would save the average taxpayer £500 a year and take 2.9 million people out of income tax altogether
The National (Scotland) · Sep 5 Andy Burnham invited to Grangemouth to 'right broken Labour promises' Andy Burnham has been invited to Grangemouth to 'right broken promises' Labour made about the refinery
France 24 · Sep 5 Two senior Reform UK officials resign as Farage faces fresh foreign donations scandal Two senior officials from the hard-right Reform UK party stepped down Friday following a hidden-camera investigation that appeared to show them soliciting substantial foreign funding for party-commissioned opinion polls and a potential £500,000 donation from a US donor – banned under UK law.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 5 The two-year trail of financial controversy dogging Reform and Farage Six claims the party has faced – from an undisclosed £5m gift to an alleged plot to bypass election laws
Evening Standard · Sep 4 Farage to take to the stage at Reform conference again amid donations row Reform UK has found itself at the centre of another row about donations as its party conference takes place.
Evening Standard · Sep 4 Burnham under fire over ‘staggering’ hike in university tuition fees In 2015, the Prime Minister pledged to replace the charge with a graduate tax.
The Independent UK · Sep 4 Andy Burnham must take his chance to bury Nigel Farage THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Reform UK’s embarrassment over an apparent conspiracy to accept foreign donations gives the prime minister an opportunity to win back the party’s left-behind voters
The Guardian - UK · Sep 4 Farage seeks to shore up damaged leadership as scandal engulfs Reform conference Splits emerge within party after resignation of officials reported to police for apparent plot to evade donations law
Evening Standard · Sep 4 Nigel Farage defends himself over foreign donation claims The annual gathering at Birmingham’s NEC has been overshadowed by yet more allegations about party funding.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 4 The Guardian view on Reform’s funding scandal: Nigel Farage has questions to answer Editorial: An undercover investigation raises issues around foreign money, political transparency and the rightwing populist party’s fitness for power
Evening Standard · Sep 4 Zack Polanski: How Green army high on hope may sweep leader to historic London by-election win Hundreds of Green activists are set to hit the streets of Holborn and St Pancras from this Sunday to try to get their party leader elected to Parliament