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Starmer takes aim at rivals in battle for Labour to retain Gorton and Denton

The Prime Minister hit out at both the Green Party and Reform UK ahead of Thursday’s by-election.

Evening Standard

Starmer's Gorton by-election visit fuels Labour hopes as Reform's fall after Farage heads to Chagos Islands

Labour, the Greens and Reform have been battling it out ahead of the by-election polling day on Thursday

Evening Standard

Farage says he was barred from Chagos Islands— Here’s the truth | Debunked

Nigel Farage has claimed the UK government refused him entry to the Chagos Islands. However, when approached by The Independent, the government said they were not notified in advance of his plans and were unaware he was in the Maldives until he spoke publicly.

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How Nigel Farage’s plan to scrap indefinite leave to remain could put thousands at risk of deportation

Farage says the plan would save over £200bn – but the figures have been called into question

The Independent UK

What is Reform UK's proposed visa ban for six mostly Muslim countries?

Reform UK’s new home affairs spokesman, Zia Yusuf, revealed details of the ‘visa freezes’ during a speech in Dover

Evening Standard

Monday briefing: Will the new Send reforms work for England’s children?

In today’s newsletter: Rising need and shrinking budgets have left England’s Send provision at a crossroads, with children’s futures hanging on the success of Labour’s reforms

The Guardian - UK

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

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'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

The Independent UK

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

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.

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The Independent UK

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 Guardian - 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 Independent 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

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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 Guardian - 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

Evening Standard

'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

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

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