6 h. ago Keir Starmer a ‘handmaiden’ to the rise of Reform UK, Green Party’s Polanski warns

Zack Polanski is pitching the Green Party as a left-wing alternative for disgruntled Labour voters

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32 h. ago Could Nigel Farage really win the next election? Here’s what the polls say

Reform’s lead is persistent but pollsters themselves point out that their models come with significant uncertaintyUK politics live – latest updatesNigel Farage has spent his political career disrupting the political order, but with Reform UK’s popularity on the rise, some in Westminster believe he could be on course to pull off the greatest political earthquake in modern British political history.Not only have recent polls pointed to Reform effectively replacing the Conservatives as the main opposition, some have even suggested Farage could enter Downing Street if such support is maintained at the next election. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Keir Starmer should have done more to tackle rise of Reform, Green Party leader claims

Zack Polanski is using Labour’s conference to make the case for the Green Party

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4 d. ago John Rentoul answers your questions on Labour’s future – from Burnham to Reform and digital ID

Chief political commentator John Rentoul answers your questions on Labour’s leadership woes, the rise of Reform, and what it means for Keir Starmer’s premiership

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4 d. ago Nigel Farage's Reform party has had an astonishing rise in the polls. Labour is staring at disaster over anger about immigration... So could a similar phenomenon happen in Australia

Reform UK's surge is real. Ipsos has Nigel Farage 's outfit at 34 per cent, nine points clear of UK's ruling Labour Party. So could it happen in Australia?

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1 week ago Ed Davey appeals to business to help halt the rise of Reform UK

Lib Dem leader warns ‘country is in peril’ as party conference kicks off in Bournemouth

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2 w. ago The Guardian view on the Lib Dem conference: speaking for parts of England | Editorial

Sir Ed Davey’s party has plenty to look forward to, but also difficult choices to makeThe two largest parties in the House of Commons approach the 2025 autumn conference season with trepidation. Both Labour and the Conservatives are spooked by collapses in voter support and by the rise of Reform UK. Party anxiety, internal disagreements and even grassroots revolts seem possible at both of their conferences.The third-largest party, the Liberal Democrats, have no such worries at all. They start their conference in Bournemouth this weekend in resilient mood. Having won 72 Commons seats in 2024 – the best result by any third party for a century – Sir Ed Davey’s party cemented those gains in the 2025 English local elections. While Labour and the Tories lost both votes and seats to Reform UK, the Lib Dems did the reverse, gaining seats and capturing three county councils. As a result, Sir Ed claimed the Lib Dems were now “the party of middle England”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Jeffrey Archer: ‘Nigel Farage is the best mob orator I’ve heard in my lifetime – I could never vote for him’

As he publishes his 30th novel, the former deputy chair of the Conservative Party is showing no signs of slowing down. In his riverside penthouse in London, he talks to Chris Harvey about the rise of Reform, Peter Mandelson’s sacking over his friendship with Epstein, and his big life regret

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2 w. ago Warning over ‘dramatic’ rise in UK state pension age without government reform

The state pension age is already set to increase to 67 but an additional rise is on the agenda too

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2 w. ago Have Your say: What should Starmer's priority be for the rest of 2025?

Keir Starmer returned to Westminster this week with a bulging in-tray - from the migrant hotel crisis to Reform’s rise, the looming Budget and foreign policy flashpoints. The question is - which battle should he fight first?

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3 w. ago Big pharma will stop investing in UK, warns eminent scientist Sir John Bell

Warning follows news of US drugmaker Merck’s decision to scrap planned £1bn London research centreSir John Bell, a prominent scientist who brought business and government together during the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, has warned that other big pharmaceutical companies will stop investing in the UK, after Merck’s decision to scrap its planned £1bn London research centre.Bell, a former regius professor of medicine at the University of Oxford, told the BBC’s Today programme that he had spoken to several chief executives of large companies in the past six months “and they’re all in the same space, and that is, they’re not going to do any more investing in the UK”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Big pharma will stop investing in UK, top scientist warns after Merck’s £1bn exit

Comments by former professor of medicine at Oxford follow scrapping of planned London research centre Sir John Bell, a prominent scientist who brought business and government together during the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, has warned that other big pharmaceutical companies will stop investing in the UK, after Merck’s decision to scrap its planned £1bn London research centre.Bell, a former regius professor of medicine at the University of Oxford, told Today on BBC Radio 4 that he had spoken to several chief executives of large companies in the past six months “and they’re all in the same space, and that is, they’re not going to do any more investing in the UK”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Swinney attacks Tories for 'disgusting' asylum debate amid claims Findlay 'panicking about Reform'

The Scottish Tories have been accused to “panicking” about the rise of Nigel Farage’s Reform party.

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3 w. ago Ella Baron on the fall of Angela Rayner and the rise of Reform UK – cartoon

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4 w. ago Farage warns Labour chaos will force Starmer into 2027 general election

The Reform UK leader claimed waning confidence in the economy and the rise of Jeremy Corbyn’s left-wing Your Party will force Labour into an early election

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last month Europe’s population crisis: see how your country compares – visualised

How anti-immigration politics across the EU clashes with demographic realityAnti-immigration politics is on the rise across Europe. France’s National Rally and Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) each have significant representation in their country’s legislatures, meanwhile the UK’s Reform party is topping the polls.But the rise of the far-right could speed up the population decline of Europe, projections show, creating economic shocks including slower growth and soaring costs from pensions and elderly care. Continue reading...

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last month Nigel Farage blamed for small boats crisis after end of 'returns' deal for asylum seekers

EXCLUSIVE: The SNP say the Reform UK must own a rise in illegal immigration after the “Dublin Regulation” ended.

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