Kate Garraway sparks concern as she's taken off air on GMB The presenter, 59, had worried fans as one said ‘I don’t think she should have been on air’ Evening Standard · Sep 14
Nigel Farage hints Reform UK’s £72 million donations may be illegal under proposed new law Nigel Farage has threatened to retaliate by capping trade union donations The Independent UK · Sep 14
Nigel Farage acknowledges Reform UK’s £72m donations may fall foul of law change The Reform UK leader appeared defiant as he hit out against the move to retrospectively apply a new law to the twin £36 million gifts. Evening Standard · Sep 14
Unions to intervene on political funding as TUC chief warns ‘super-rich’ threaten democracy UK general secretaries had been split on issue but sources say they are likely to back strong words calling for action The Guardian - UK · Sep 14
Channel 4’s Apocalypse show put 14 people in an extreme survival situation. It did not go well TV: The new social experiment, where contestants try to survive a simulation of the end of the world, is one of Channel 4’s most frustrating series to date, writes Lauren Morris The Independent UK · Sep 14
Nigel Farage more unpopular than ever, new poll shows Nigel Farage now has a net favourability rating of -45, identical to Sir Keir Starmer’s score just before his resignation as prime minister The Independent UK · Sep 14
Labour peer urges cap on all political donations after Reform row Lord David Blunkett said political donations – including from trade unions – should be capped The Independent UK · Sep 14
UK politics: Farage hints that Reform’s £72m donations may not be legal under new elections bill - as it happened In an interview about the donations, he said they are compliant with the law ‘today’ The Guardian - UK · Sep 14
Reform UK's Richard Tice left floundering over key questions on two £36 million donations Reform UK’s deputy leader was unable to say when two super-rich donors returned to the UK Evening Standard · Sep 14
Calls for limit on political spending after Reform handed £72m windfall IN FULL The Independent UK · Sep 14
Reform declines to say if £72m donors returned to UK within 12-month limit Richard Tice says contributions are legally compliant after author of review into overseas donations says rules will be applied retrospectively The Guardian - UK · Sep 14
Naga Munchetty blasted over 'bizarre' comments to Kemi Badenoch on BBC Breakfast The presenter was accused of being ‘biased’ in the heated exchange with the Tory leader Evening Standard · Sep 14
Reform’s Tice hits out at Labour ‘hypocrisy’ over £72m donations row Richard Tice insisted the twin £36 million donations from cryptocurrency tycoons were within the rules. Evening Standard · Sep 14
Reform UK council hires private security guards in London commuter towns over 'fears about male migrants' Local politician says Essex County Council’s move is ‘clearly driven by prejudice’ Evening Standard · Sep 14
The Independent UK · Sep 14 Reform’s £72m donations represent ‘crisis for our democracy’, says union boss Schools minister Georgia Gould said the government is ‘really worried about the the big money that's coming into politics’
International Business Times UK · Sep 14 Who Are Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne? Crypto Billionaires Behind Reform UK's Record £72m Haul Reform UK says Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne each donated £36m, prompting debate over political donation rules and proposed restrictions on overseas-linked contributions
The Guardian - UK · Sep 14 Monday briefing: What do Reform’s record-setting £72m donations mean for the party – and our politics? In today’s newsletter: As Labour MPs scramble to realign later today around a bill that could stop donations like this in their tracks, a look at new game-changing donations to a party engulfed in financial scandals
The Guardian - UK · Sep 14 Rise in abuse of election candidates is ‘changing politics’ in England Electoral Commission finds abuse, particularly of women, minority ethnic and disabled people, is affecting candidates’ behaviour
Evening Standard · Sep 13 Donations cap to be debated in wake of £72 million Reform gifts Reform has said it will use the money to fund its preparations for office.
Evening Standard · Sep 13 Who is Ben Delo and how much is he worth? Crypto billionaire who gave £36m to Reform Mr Delo donated Reform £36 million over the weekend, before Christopher Harborne matched the amount the following day
The Guardian - UK · Sep 13 Who better to defend Reform’s latest millions than Honest Bob Jenrick? The man who once helped Richard ‘Dirty’ Desmond save a load of tax was wheeled out to face Laura Kuenssberg
The Independent UK · Sep 13 Starmer by-election is Burnham’s ‘test run’ for early general election Exclusive: The Holborn and St Pancras by-election is being used as a test to see if Andy Burnham has nullified the threat from the Greens on the left, with leader Zack Polanski running as a candidate, according to Labour sources
The Guardian - UK · Sep 13 How could Reform UK spend its £72m of new billionaire donations? Harborne and Delo’s cash could buy a massive head start in an election, but spending big has possible pitfalls
The Independent UK · Sep 13 Farage knew Putin was using crypto to evade war sanctions – but invested in it anyway Labour has claimed the Reform UK leader has questions to answer over his judgement
The Independent UK · Sep 13 Labour’s crackdown on Reform donations is a bid to save democracy – and itself ANALYSIS: In being so brazen about trying to remove funding that Nigel Farage’s party has received, Labour opens an entire new Pandora’s box on the issue, as political editor David Maddox reports