7 h. ago Blair’s advertising guru slams Starmer’s lack of plan to tackle rise of Farage’s Reform

Chris Powell said having no strategy against Reform UK was ‘potentially suicidal for our freedom and democracy’

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8 h. ago Voices: ‘Tired of broken promises’: Readers on Reform, Plaid Cymru and the collapse of Labour loyalty in Wales

Commenters said it is no wonder that poverty-stricken communities in Wales are abandoning Labour after years of broken promises, with anger and desperation now driving support towards Reform and Plaid Cymru

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11 h. ago Blair’s advertising guru slams Stamer’s lack of plan to tackle rise of Farage’s Reform

Sir Chris Powell said having no strategy against Reform UK was ‘potentially suicidal for our freedom and democracy’

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32 h. ago Nigel Farage promises Reform UK spending blitz on May’s local elections

Reform UK’s election war chest was bolstered by a £9 million donation in August from businessman Christopher Harborne.

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37 h. ago Inside the impoverished Welsh communities abandoning Labour and turning to Farage’s Reform

Reform UK and Plaid Cymru are ramping up their campaigns ahead of May’s Senedd elections, as polls already predict Starmer’s party could face a catastrophic defeat, writes Holly Evans

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50 h. ago 'Things will get better' in 2026, promises Starmer as he fights to stay PM with Labour facing election blows

The Government saw its popularity fall further in 2025 as Nigel Farage’s Reform UK surged

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7 d. ago Labour must fix cost of living to see off 'disaster' Nigel Farage, warns TUC

TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak said Keir Starmer needs to confront Nigel Farage's party head on in 2026, as he warned - 'Working class people can't afford Reform'

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8 d. ago Starmer’s shift to the right to combat Farage threat is ‘utterly doomed’, union boss warns

Union boss Matt Wrack warned that the PM ‘can never out-Farage Farage’ as the government attempt to win back votes lost to Reform UK

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9 d. ago Don't deprive voters in London commuter belt from taking part in local elections, Starmer warned by watchdog

Elections in nine areas, including Essex, Surrey, Hampshire and East and West Sussex, have already been delayed by 12 months until next year

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1 week ago Pollsters claim Reform UK is ‘in decline’ as lead over Labour drops

A Yougov poll has shown that the lead held by Nigel Farage’s party has dropped from 10 to five points with both Labour and the Tories gaining

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1 week ago Nigel Farage's 'authoritarian control freaks' attack on Labour slapped down by No10

Downing Street has slapped down Nigel Farage after he called ministers 'authoritarian control freaks' over their plan to ban trail hunting in the Animal Welfare Strategy

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1 week ago Elections watchdog will not investigate Nigel Farage’s constituency spending

Labour had called for an investigation into spending in the Clacton constituency, after raising questions about whether it breached a spending limit.

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1 week ago Kemi Badenoch is closing in on Nigel Farage, poll finds... but Reform and Tories combined are still only level with horror coalition of parties on the Left

The end-of-year survey puts Ms Badenoch's party on 22 per cent - up from 20 per cent a month ago - suggesting that her Commons performances and fresh policy ideas are starting to 'cut through'.

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1 week ago Farage faces calls to sack candidate who claimed Lammy should ‘go home’

Hampshire and the Solent mayoral candidate Chris Parry’s conduct on X was described as ‘racist and grossly offensive’ by the Labour Party.

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1 week ago Farage urged to drop candidate doubling down on claim Lammy should ‘go home’

Hampshire and the Solent mayoral candidate Chris Parry’s conduct on X was described as ‘racist and grossly offensive’ by the Labour Party.

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2 w. ago Reform candidate who told Lammy to ‘go home’ questioned other MPs’ loyalty to UK

Exclusive: Labour says Nigel Farage’s party should swiftly condemn Chris Parry after further comments emerge A Reform UK mayoral candidate who said David Lammy should “go home to the Caribbean” has suggested that at least eight other politicians from minority ethnic backgrounds do not have a primary loyalty towards the UK.Nigel Farage’s party has so far refused to condemn Chris Parry, a retired naval rear admiral who has been picked to contest the now-postponed Hampshire and the Solent mayoral election for the party, over his comment about Lammy, the deputy prime minister. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago How support for Labour crumbled in Britain in 2025 with Rachel Reeves' popularity plunging

Backing for the Tories also fell, went up slightly for Reform UK, was unchanged for the Liberal Democrats while the biggest gainers this year were the Greens

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2 w. ago Nigel Farage fumes at 'banana republic' Britain as Labour prepares to delay local council elections AGAIN until 2027

Ministers said they were asking 63 local authorities across England whether they want to postpone contests scheduled for May next year until 2027.

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2 w. ago Nigel Farage accused of turning 'blind eye' to racism after candidate's Lammy attack

Labour's chairwoman Anna Turley has written to Nigel Farage demanding Chris Parry is removed as a candidate after it emerged he said David Lammy should 'go home' to the Caribbean

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2 w. ago STEPHEN GLOVER: If Reform and the Tories let Labour back in they would never be forgiven. When I asked Farage about a pact his answer was very revealing

Have there ever been two political parties in modern British politics that think alike on so many issues as Reform UK and the Tories?

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