Conservatives see another high-profile defection to Reform as Nigel Farage gets first MSP Graham Simpson, who was first elected as a Tory MSP in 2016, has defected to Reform Evening Standard · Aug 27, 2025
Nigel Farage to unveil ‘mass deportation’ plan and could revive Tories’ Rwanda deal Arresting asylum seekers on arrival and forced deportation to countries such as Afghanistan and Eritrea are among the proposals The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2025
Farage says Reform UK would carry out ‘mass deportation’ of small boat arrivals Deals with third countries could also include reviving the Conservatives’ Rwanda link-up. Evening Standard · Aug 22, 2025
Action to tackle number of asylum seekers coming to UK is important step to ‘restoring order’, says Cooper – as it happened Home secretary responds to statistics showing rise in number of people housed in hotels in UK, saying Labour has overseen increased numbers of returns of asylum seekers The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2025
Tory MPs complain party attack ad on asylum hotels ‘makes us look silly’ Backbenchers say party leadership is criticising Labour government for policies introduced by Conservatives The Guardian - UK · Aug 18, 2025
Conservative leader runs for safe seat in parliament after Canada election defeat Pierre Poilievre has chance of winning House of Commons seat after losing riding he had held for more than 20 years The Guardian - US · Aug 18, 2025
Revealed: The landlord MPs raking in £830k a year in rent The register of interests reveals that 83 MPs are also landlords, declaring at least £10,000 in rental income in the past year, while the Labour government pushes through its Renters’ Rights Bill The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2025
Truss ‘carries quite a lot of blame’ for Tory record, Badenoch claims Current Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said she was ‘very focused on what the Conservatives are doing now’. Evening Standard · Aug 5, 2025
Badenoch says Truss ‘carries quite a lot blame’ for Tory record of as war of words continues Current Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said she was ‘very focused on what the Conservatives are doing now’ The Independent UK · Aug 5, 2025
New polling shows Reform is winning over Britain’s Christians Reform is winning over Britain’s Christian support The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2025
New polling: Reform is winning over Britain’s Christian support When we look at how people vote in elections and why they choose certain parties, analysis often focuses on age, education, location or socioeconomic status. Less discussed in Britain is religion. But close to two-thirds of its adults are still religious – expressing either a religious identity, holding religious beliefs,… The Conversation · Jul 25, 2025
Reform wins first London by-election in major blow to Conservatives Local Tory members fear that the Conservatives will lose control of both Bromley and Bexley councils to Reform next May Evening Standard · Jul 25, 2025
More than 100 Labour MPs urge Ed Miliband to explore radical energy bills overhaul Living Standards Coalition writes to energy secretary calling on him to do more to help struggling households The Guardian - UK · Jul 22, 2025
Is Reform UK a radical party or a home for ‘disgruntled former Conservatives’, asks James Cleverly Ex-home secretary questions Farage party’s sales pitch and says councils could struggle if they mismanage key services The Guardian - UK · Jul 15, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Jul 14, 2025 Legacy Act halted investigations into 202 Troubles-related killings of British soldiers Labour set to point to repercussions of Tory Northern Ireland legislation as justification for repealing it
Evening Standard · Jul 9, 2025 Former leading Tory Sir Jake Berry joins Nigel Farage’s Reform UK Sir Jake, who served as Tory chairman in Liz Truss’ short-lived government, said the Conservatives have ‘lost their way’.
The Conversation · Jul 8, 2025 Norman Tebbit, Conservative minister known as Thatcher’s enforcer, dies at 94 No man more embodied Thatcherism in the eyes of the public in the 1980s than Norman Tebbit, who died on July 7, aged 94.
Evening Standard · Jul 5, 2025 Conservatives will look to amend Government welfare Bill Kemi Badenoch will pledge that the Tories are ‘now the only party committed to serious welfare reform’.
Evening Standard · Jul 3, 2025 Labour sees biggest first-year poll drop for governing party since 1990s The last government to experience a double-digit fall in the 12 months after an election was John Major’s Conservatives.
Evening Standard · Jun 30, 2025 Coup for Nigel Farage as former Tory leader of Margaret Thatcher's London council defects to Reform Dan Thomas quits with swipe at Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch
The Guardian - UK · Jun 28, 2025 Keir Starmer accuses Nigel Farage of ‘taking people for fools’ in Wales PM makes claim in speech to Welsh Labour conference as polls suggest Reform could be biggest party in Senedd after next year’s elections
Evening Standard · Jun 26, 2025 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 · Jun 26, 2025 London councillor who defected to Reform from Tories quits as CPS prosecutor after explosive remarks Laila Cunningham dramatically defected to Reform UK from the Conservatives last week, saying she was ‘tired of defending failure’
The Conversation · Jun 25, 2025 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 Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2025 A useful enemy? Why Tories and Reform are calling net zero policy into question Cross-party consensus on climate appears to have broken down despite polls showing public support for action