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As Pauline Hanson’s One Nation roars back, what can Australia learn from the rise of Nigel Farage and Reform UK?

It may not just be immigration and economic anxiety at play but also a sense of cultural anger and loss. Vigilance is needed

The Guardian - AU

'Don't demonise' young Londoners, Reform's Zia Yusuf warned as he backs far more stop and search to cut knife crime

Nigel Farage’s party is also calling for ‘visa freezes’ on Pakistan and other countries if they refuse to take back migrants with no legal right to stay in UK

Evening Standard

Was this the week Starmer’s Chagos deal finally died?

NEWS ANALYSIS: Keir Starmer’s Chagos deal has been left on the brink after Donald Trump announced he opposed it, but political editor David Maddox looks at how the controversial deal with Mauritius has become symbolic of a beleaguered premiership

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Nigel Farage accused of ‘Maga stunts’ for saying he was denied access to Chagos Islands

Reform UK leader flew to the Maldives for a day despite not having permit to visit nearby archipelago

The Guardian - UK

Ex-defence secretary accuses Nigel Farage of ‘performing Maga stunt’ with failed Chagos ‘aid mission’

Former defence secretary Ben Wallace hit out at Nigel Farage’s actions, saying that no MP can visit the Chagos archipelago without pre-clearance and accusing him of performing Trump-style stunts

The Independent UK

Government seeking ‘best deal possible’ for UK firms over US tariffs – minister

Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson acknowledged businesses face ‘uncertainty’ after the move.

Evening Standard

Matt Goodwin is running: the search for Reform’s elusive byelection candidate

Nigel Farage’s man in Gorton and Denton has a huge public platform, and a taste for culture war. What happens when he concerns himself with bin collections?

The Guardian - UK

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The Epstein scandal has battered Britain’s political establishment. Can the radical-right Reform party benefit?

The arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on suspicion of misconduct in public office will heap yet more pressure on the beleaguered government of Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

The Conversation

What Reform UK’s senior figures really think about women and families

As Reform UK surges in the polls and attempts to get its top team ready to fight an election, The Independent has taken a look at exactly what key figures in the party have said about marriage, women, abortion and fertility – and what it might mean for policy

The Independent UK

Does Nigel Farage have a problem with women?

Critics link Farage’s ‘Trump-lite’ condescension to female journalists to Reform’s moves against women’s rights

The Guardian - UK

Starmer 2.0: could a more authentic PM revive Labour’s appeal?

After surviving a coup, and with his critics chastened, No 10 insiders say a more combative PM is up for taking the fight to Reform UK

The Guardian - UK

How this forgotten corner of Manchester could redefine the age-old battle between the left and right

A by-election in Gorton and Denton on Thursday could see a new frontier emerge in British politics, as Dan Haygarth finds out

The Independent UK

Sir Ed Davey to warn that Trump’s America ‘cannot become Farage’s Britain’

The UK Liberal Democrat leader will warn against the rise of Reform UK as he addresses his party’s conference in Edinburgh on Saturday.

The Independent UK

Reform UK’s Matt Goodwin faced GB News complaint over colleague’s claim of ‘inappropriate comments’

Exclusive: Nigel Farage understood to have known of grievance against byelection candidate, whose lawyer described it as resolved ‘minor workplace matter’ of miscommunication

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'On a knife edge': Thousands of undecided voters set to sway Gorton by-election race between Reform, Greens and Labour

Nigel Farage, Green leader Zack Polanski and Sir Keir Starmer’s party are battling it out in a heated contest

The Guardian - UK

I see two things in Gorton and Denton: palpable frustration and the need for wise voting to stop Reform

After speaking to locals, I still can’t predict the result, but a big, combined effort will be needed. Without a united front the left may splinter and lose, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

‘We are the forgotten little town’: will disenchantment in Denton leave it ripe for Reform?

With Gorton split between Labour and Greens, division creates opportunity for Farage’s party in other side of constituency facing byelection

The Independent UK

Starmer brands Reform plan to scrap Equality Act ‘anti-British’

He said he ‘shuddered to think’ what women would make of the policy

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The Independent UK

Politics live: Starmer ‘determined’ to see through Chagos Islands deal despite Trump’s latest tirade

The president warned against the loss of the US-UK military base on Diego Garcia

The Independent UK

What are Reform’s economic pledges – and how sensible are they?

The former Tory minister made his first speech as Reform’s Treasury spokesman

The Conversation

Nigel Farage unveils ‘shadow cabinet’ team – but why did only three of his MPs get jobs?

Since May 2025, Reform UK has led every poll of general election voting intention. Were an election held today, Reform would be poised to form a government. It would probably be a majority government, too. A party needs 326 seats in the House of Commons to form a majority, and…

The Independent UK

Farage accused of ‘divisive politics’ over unproven claim middle class white men are losing jobs because of Equality Act

Reform leader’s claims appear at odds with official figures, which show that people from white ethnic backgrounds have lower rates of unemployment than those from minority ethnic backgrounds

The Guardian - UK

Reform UK would restore two-child benefit cap, Jenrick says in policy U-turn

Treasury spokesperson says disability benefits would also be limited under Reform, but Bank of England would stay independent

Evening Standard

Huge number of Londoners to vote tactically to stop Nigel Farage becoming Prime Minister, polling reveals

The YouGov survey also cast doubts on whether Reform UK can win a Commons majority at the next general election

The Independent UK

Reform to reinstate two-child benefit cap as Jenrick pledges ‘fiscal discipline’

Sir Keir Starmer criticised Robert Jenrick’s announcement as ‘shameful’, as Reform’s Treasury spokesperson claimed the policy is unaffordable.

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