French far-right leader Jordan Bardella to address Reform UK party conference Speech part of effort to strengthen National Rally party’s international ties before Marine Le Pen’s presidential bid The Guardian - UK · Aug 28
TalkTV under fire for not disclosing reporter’s ties to Reform UK in Channel crossing film Christian Drogan’s Invading Britain shows former builder turned journalist trying to travel from France to England in small boat The Guardian - UK · Aug 28
Farage demands crackdown on non-English speaking Britons voting in elections The Reform UK proposals include removing the right to vote of Commonwealth citizens, ensuring that election material is only published in languages native to the British Isles and restricting postal voting The Independent UK · Aug 28
Burnham electrified the Labour party by talking about electoral reform – now he needs to act on it The prime minister has lifted the spirits of the public and party members, and must use that goodwill to push through change, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee The Guardian - UK · Aug 28
If MPs want to take on Nigel Farage over his dodgy finances, they need to clean up their own act It’s hard to beat back charges that MPs are ‘all the same’ when they have accepted £400k in freebies this year, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan The Guardian - UK · Aug 27
Full list of seats Labour could lose in London to Reform, Tory and Green surge, according to new poll City’s political map set to be transformed by fragmentation of British politics Evening Standard · Aug 27
Nigel Farage, Kemi Badenoch and Zack Polanski's parties to hammer Labour with loss of up to 18 MPs in London, new poll shows Tories could gain eight seats, the Greens four and Reform three from Labour Evening Standard · Aug 27
Does Nigel Farage know what people really think of him? I do – and he won’t like it An anti-Farage army of voters is there to be galvanised, as exclusive data shows. But getting them out will be tricky, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty The Guardian - UK · Aug 27
Conservative-Reform UK Rift Deepens as Robert Jenrick Attacks Kemi Badenoch Over Giorgia Meloni Row Robert Jenrick accuses Kemi Badenoch of lying about her meeting with Italian PM Giorgia Meloni, intensifying tensions between the Conservative Party and Reform UK. International Business Times UK · Aug 26
Count Binface makes Edinburgh Fringe debut with brutal dig at Nigel Farage Count Binface made his debut at the Edinburgh Fringe by taking a brutal dig at Nigel Farage The National (Scotland) · Aug 26
With Nige still sulking, it was left to Honest Bob to unveil Reform UK’s latest ‘policies’ The sense of futility hanging over the room was almost overwhelming as Robert Jenrick took the stage The Guardian - UK · Aug 26
Restore Britain is being taken seriously by pollsters – and it’s bad news for Farage The decision by experts to start specifically asking voters if they support Rupert Lowe’s party is a highly significant development in the UK’s fragmented politics. Political Editor David Maddox explains why The Independent UK · Aug 26
Fresh blow for Farage as Reform falls further behind Labour in new poll IN FULL The Independent UK · Aug 26
Reform UK blasted for 'unserious and unworkable' plans to scrap data protection laws REFORM UK have been condemned over their new “unworkable and unserious” plans to scrap date protection laws if the party get into government ... The National (Scotland) · Aug 26
The Independent UK · Aug 26 Farage’s Reform slumps to lowest poll rating in 18 months The dip comes after weeks of infighting within the party
Evening Standard · Aug 26 Nigel Farage's march on London: New poll's surprise findings on who the Londoners backing Reform UK really are Reform voters in the capital may not be as old as many people might think
Evening Standard · Aug 25 Reform UK pledges to scrap GDPR for ‘light-touch’ laws The party has pledged to axe the General Data Protection Regulation and expand a venture capital scheme offering tax relief to investors.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 25 Why do some Labour MPs want electoral reform and will it happen? Despite the policy not being included in the party’s 2024 manifesto, Andy Burnham is under pressure to act
The Independent UK · Aug 25 Reform’s path to No 10 is being overhyped, says former Downing Street adviser IN THE ROOM: Peter Hill says Labour still holds the advantage despite Nigel Farage’s rise in the polls, reports Maja Anushka
International Business Times UK · Aug 25 MPs Push Back After Richard Tice Says Married Couples Should Get Housing Priority Over Single Mothers Reform UK's Richard Tice faces backlash for suggesting married couples should be prioritised in housing programmes, sparking criticism from MPs who highlight the impact on single and same-sex parents.
Evening Standard · Aug 25 Khan v Cunningham: Shock poll shows Reform in pole position to challenge Labour in London mayor race Nigel Farage’s party may beat the Conservatives in the battle for second place after first choice votes are counted in the next London mayoral contest
The Independent UK · Aug 23 Reform to prioritise young married couples for social housing in ‘unserious and unworkable’ plans Under-35s will be given priority under the plans, while veterans and those in work will also be pushed up the waiting list
The Guardian - UK · Aug 23 Reform says it would put foreign-born UK citizens lower on social housing list UK-born married couples under 35 with children would get priority under proposals to be outlined by Farage’s party
The Independent UK · Aug 23 Kemi Badenoch rules out ‘monstrous’ pact with Reform UK: ‘They’re all over the place’ The Conservative leader dismissed Reform UK as ‘people fighting all the time’ as she insisted voters would not back a ‘monstrous Reform-Conservative hybrid’
The Guardian - UK · Aug 23 Walking the Peak District, I discovered a wonderful rejection of the right’s monotone vision of England The landscape was striking, but so was the diversity of the hikers. We can make this the new normal – and we should, says Guardian columnist John Harris