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‘We are very serious’, says Davey as he defends stunts ahead of party conference

The Lib Dem leader said his party was the most united by a ‘country mile’ in a Westminster where others were ‘riven by division’.

The Independent UK

Farage admits breaching parliamentary rules over Trump event and blames his office for ‘error’

The Reform leader failed to disclose how much he earned or who paid for his visit to a Republican Party event in March 2025

The Independent UK

Farage admits he failed to register US trip to headline Trump fundraiser

MPs are required to register visits abroad that cost more than £300 within 28 days if they are not wholly paid for by the MP or public funds.

Evening Standard

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Farage urged to disclose who paid for US trip to headline Trump fundraiser

MPs are required to register visits abroad within 28 days.

Evening Standard

Wednesday briefing: How Britain’s asylum debate is shifting further to the right

In today’s newsletter: With ‘Operation Restoring Justice’, Nigel Farage has set the political agenda with a maximalist vision on migration. The bigger question is how far mainstream parties will follow his lead

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: Almost 200 shoplifting offences reported to police go unsolved across London every day

Just 5.9% of shoplifting crimes reported to police resulted in a charge, according to House of Commons library analysis for the Liberal Democrats

Evening Standard

Conservatives lose control of Surrey Council after by-election defeats to Reform UK and Lib Dems

Surrey County Council has been under Conservative majority control since 1997

Evening Standard

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Labour Party membership falls by almost 200,000 in five years

Figures published on Thursday showed the party’s membership was 333,235 at the end of last year – well down on its 532,046 members at the end of

Evening Standard

One in 10 Labour members left party last year despite election landslide

Figures published on Thursday showed the party’s membership was 333,235 at the end of last year – down from its 532,046 peak in 2019

The Independent UK

Reform councillors criticised after voting to spend £150,000 on political advisers

Plan was put forward by 19-year-old leader of Warwickshire council George Finch who also lobbied to remove Pride flag

The Guardian - UK

Reform UK loses by-elections called after councillors quit days into roles

The Liberal Democrats and Tories won council seats that Nigel Farage’s party had claimed in May’s local election

Evening Standard

Nigel Farage’s Reform to gain five London MPs on way to winning most seats at general election, major poll suggests

Nigel Farage’s party would take seats from Labour and the Conservatives in outer London, the YouGov survey suggests

Evening Standard

How Britain’s new political divide delivers voters to Reform and the Greens

The outcome of last year’s general election left an important question hanging in the air. Could the UK’s traditional system of two-party politics continue to survive?

The Conversation

Farage in crisis as Tories raise twice as much as Reform in political donations

Kemi Badenoch’s Conservatives have attracted big-money donors even as they sink in the polls behind Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, official figures show

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Reform leads in voting intentions – but where does their vote come from?

Recent voting intention polling from YouGov (May 27) shows Reform UK in first place, 8% ahead of Labour and 10% ahead of the Conservatives, who are now in third place.

The Guardian - UK

Family carers of all ages need looking after too

Letters: Readers respond to a column by John Harris about the need to include unpaid carers in the political conversation

Evening Standard

Kemi Badenoch warns Farage in power would be ‘very bad for this country’

The Tory leader accused Mr Farage of offering empty promises as the Conservatives fell behind Reform UK, Labour and the Liberal Democrats in a poll.

The Guardian - UK

Lib Dems claim deeper trade deal with EU would raise £25bn of tax revenue

Deal that stops short of joining customs union or single market could pay for reversing benefit cuts, party says

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Welsh Labour could slump to historic low in 2026 Senedd elections, poll finds

Plaid Cymru is predicted to be biggest party in the next Welsh elections, with Reform UK in second and Labour third.

The Conversation

UK local elections delivered record-breaking fragmentation of the vote

If there were such a thing as landslide victories for local elections, Reform could easily claim to have won one in 2025. Out of the 1,641 seats available, Nigel Farage’s party came away with 677 – that’s more than 41%. The Liberal Democrats came second with 370 (a net gain…

The Independent UK

Map: Where have Reform performed best in local council elections?

Results are still being counted, but Reform has already won majority control of seven councils and won hundreds of seats.

The Guardian - UK

Farage has declared a new dawn before, but this time things could really be different

Slicker presentation, a shift away from two-party politics and now hundreds of new councillors mean Reform is likely here to stay

The National (Scotland)

English elections so far – Reform lead with nearly 500 councillors

REFORM UK have nearly 500 councillors after the English local elections saw them annihilate the Tories and emerge as a serious threat to Labour.

The Independent UK

After Runcorn, Labour now needs to prove itself to the electorate – the future of the country depends on it

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Pragmatic, practical moves can be taken to restore the trust many have lost in the government

Radio France Internationale

Hard right wins local UK election in blow to PM Starmer

Hard-right upstarts Reform UK snatched a parliamentary seat from Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour party on Friday in local elections that dealt a blow to Britain's two establishment parties.

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