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
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 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 urge protester who had her hair pulled by Reform audience to come forward The opening day of the Reform party conference was disrupted by protests The Independent UK · 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
Farage Faces Poll Funding Questions After Reform Aide Says Party Could 'Easily Get Away With It' Nigel Farage under scrutiny as investigation reveals alleged US funding for Reform UK polls, raising electoral law concerns. Reform UK denies wrongdoing amid calls for a criminal probe. International Business Times 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
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 Evening Standard · Sep 5
Reform to promise tax cut for millions as donations row rumbles on Reform said the plan would save the average taxpayer £500 a year and take 2.9 million people out of income tax altogether The Independent UK · 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. France 24 · Sep 5
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
The Guardian - UK · Sep 5 How posh are you? Do you have a therapist? What would you say to Trump at a party? Marina Hyde answers readers’ questions We asked you what you most wanted to put to our Guardian columnist. You responded in droves, querying her ‘beef’ with Burnham, who she thinks is this generation’s Hugh Grant, and what she really thinks about Richard Osman ...
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.
The Independent UK · Sep 4 Scandals overshadow Reform UK conference despite Farage ‘loose pub talk’ claims IN FULL
The Independent UK · Sep 4 Nigel Farage fights for survival as new Reform sleaze scandal rocks party Party leader dealt blow as two key aides step down hours before conference speech – and police say they are in talks with Electoral Commission
The Guardian - UK · Sep 4 Cambridge University examines conduct of academic suspended by Reform UK James Orr, an associate professor, was shown in Channel 4 News footage apparently trying to sidestep electoral law
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
Evening Standard · Sep 4 Protesters interrupt Nigel Farage’s conference speech Activist group Climate Resistance said it was behind the disruption, saying protesters shouted ‘Nigel, you’re bankrolled by billionaires’.
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