34 h. ago Nigel Farage's Reform charging potential MSPs £200 to stand for party in 2026 election

Reform UK is charging Holyrood hopefuls who want to stand in next year's election - partly to fund their own vetting checks.

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68 h. ago Coup for Nigel Farage as former Tory leader of Margaret Thatcher's London council defects to Reform

Dan Thomas quits with swipe at Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch

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2 d. ago Former London Tory council leader is latest Conservative councillor to defect to Nigel Farage's Reform party

Dan Thomas had been leader of Barnet Council in Margaret Thatcher’s back yard

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3 d. ago Glastonbury fans left speechless as Jade gives the middle finger to Reform and 'justifying genocide' in expletive

JADE led the Glastonbury crowd in chanting 'f**k you' towards the Reform party and welfare cuts during her electric performance on Saturday.

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4 d. ago Eluned Morgan gave three reasons why people should not vote for Nigel Farage

The Welsh First Minister joined Keir Starmer in criticising Nigel Farage's party Reform UK

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5 d. ago Holly Valance, 42, splits from billionaire property tycoon husband Nick Candy, 52, after 13 years of marriage

The ex-Neighbours actress, 42, who has reinvented herself as a conservative firebrand, married the Reform Party treasurer, 52, in 2012.

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7 d. ago Nigel Farage's Reform would be top party in general election, grim poll shows

Nigel Farage's Reform UK would win 271 seats if a general election was called this year, polling from YouGov showed - but he would have work to do to form a 'rainbow coalition'

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7 d. ago YouGov poll finds Reform Party would win general election if one was held this year

In its first MRP survey since the last general election, YouGov also found that Plaid Cymru would advance

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9 d. ago Minister defends Liz Kendall’s handling of welfare reform brief despite major rebellion before vote – UK politics live

Pat McFadden insists welfare reform change vote will go ahead as planned but says party will ‘engage with’ rebelsLabour MPs launch major rebellion to stop welfare billA senior minister in the UK government has said the country is “not starting from zero” when it comes to raising defence spending to 5% of GDP.Speaking on the BBC, Pat McFadden said one of the earliest actions of his party, which came to power of 2024, was to increase defence expenditure to 2.5% of GDP over the next couple of years.She has been central to the development of these reforms.She has argued for them, not as a difficult choice, but as the right choice, because she believes in a welfare state that should be there for people. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Tory defects to Reform UK on flagship London council as Nigel Farage eyes political gains across the capital

EXCLUSIVE: Westminster councillor Laila Cunningham is quitting the Conservatives saying she can no longer ‘defend failure’

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2 w. ago West Lothian disabled veterans facing eviction 'must be offered new homes'

Conservative group leader and ex-RAF serviceman Councillor Damian Doran-Timson told the Local Democracy Reporting Service said he understood the financial problems the charity faced but was “dismayed” at the sell-off plans, and called on it to reconsider.

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2 w. ago Horny cheats name Nigel Farage 'UK's sexiest' MP with Angela Rayner

Nigel Farage and Angela Rayner are the UK's sexiest politicians, according to a poll. Tory heartthrobs beat Labour as the sexiest party overall, with Reform UK coming third

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3 w. ago Awkward! How the new chairman of Reform UK called party leader Nigel Farage 'an idiot' and branded his comments about HIV

Dr David Bull, who was unveiled as Zia Yusuf's replacement, also branded as 'prejudiced' comments that Mr Farage had made about HIV-infected migrants using the NHS.

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3 w. ago Zia Yusuf quits Reform: how he went from public school to Farage's right hand man

Nigel Farage believed the once-left wing student and former Goldman Sachs finance bro was a ‘huge factor’ in the growing success of his right-wing populist party. Katie Strick charts his steep rise and sudden departure from the heart of politics

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3 w. ago Nigel Farage tries to quell claims of Reform crisis as he unveils new party chairman and brushes off questions over donations... but membership slumps by 3,400 in a week

The Reform leader confirmed the Mail's exclusive that Dr David Bull will replace Zia Yusuf as chairman to provide greater 'leadership' at a time of turmoil for the party.

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3 w. ago Former Newsround and Most Haunted star becomes Reform UK's new chairman

Dr David Bull takes over from Zia Yusuf, who dramatically quit as Reform UK's chairman last week, before returning to the party in a new position just two days later

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3 w. ago Reform UK backs plan to put swift bricks in every new home in England

Party joins MPs across political spectrum in supporting bird conservation amendment similar to one blocked by LabourReform UK has joined MPs from across the political spectrum in supporting an amendment to provide every new home in England with at least one “swift brick” to help endangered cavity-nesting birds, after a similar amendment was blocked by Labour in the committee stage.Richard Tice , a former housing developer and the Reform deputy leader, said his party’s MPs would support a revised amendment tabled by Labour’s Barry Gardiner to incorporate the measure in the government’s increasingly controversial planning bill. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Two more Welsh politicians defect to Nigel Farage's Reform UK

The announcement was made as Nigel Farage delivered a keynote speech in Port Talbot

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3 w. ago Reopen the pits! Revealed, Nigel Farage's big idea to help save the steel industry in Wales...dig for coal in nearby valleys

In a major speech, the Reform leader will put coal-mining at the centre of the party's plans for reopening the Port Talbot Steelworks if it wins Welsh elections next year.

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3 w. ago Zia Yusuf makes astonishing return to Reform UK just 48 hours after quitting as party chair

Businessman blames exhaustion for his error of judgement

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