17 h. ago JD Vance will meet Nigel Farage for breakfast in the Cotswolds

The US politician and reality TV star's unlikely friendship began on X and resulted in Skinner receiving an invite to join Mr Vance at his holiday residence in the Cotswolds.

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18 h. ago JD Vance to meet Reform’s Nigel Farage after talks with Tory MP Robert Jenrick

US vice-president will not hold talks with Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch due to ‘conflicting schedules’

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24 h. ago JD Vance to meet Tory MP Robert Jenrick and Reform’s Nigel Farage on UK visit

US vice-president will not hold talks with Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch due to ‘conflicting schedules’

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50 h. ago Trump comes across as a chauvinist but does respect women, says Reform MP

Sarah Pochin also said her party leader Nigel Farage was ‘quite right’ to have backed former Reform MP James McMurdock.

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51 h. ago Alex Salmond did not read independence white paper, Nicola Sturgeon claims

The former first minister accused her predecessor of an ‘abdication of responsibility’ over the document, produced ahead of the 2014 referendum.

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52 h. ago Small boats migrants from Muslim countries pose sexual assault risk – Reform UK

The party’s only female MP claims a quarter of sexual assault convictions last year were committed by foreign nationals.

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55 h. ago Reform UK's DOGE efforts 'save more than £100m in council spending in 100 days' since local elections as Nigel Farage's party 'rolls back Net Zero'

Nigel Farage 's party won more than 650 council seats and took control of 10 local authorities in contests across England in May.

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57 h. ago Nicola Sturgeon brands Nigel Farage 'odious' and claims Reform leader 'not particularly comfortable around women'

The former first minister made the comments on a high-profile ITV News interview set to be broadcast tonight.

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4 d. ago Hundreds of protesters march over alleged rape of girl in Nuneaton

A protest and counter-protest took place after an alleged cover-up of details about suspects charged over rape in Nuneaton.

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4 d. ago Voices: Britain isn’t broken, but people believe it is, and that is a big problem for Keir Starmer

We are safer, richer and healthier than ever before, so why does Britain feel as if it is falling apart?

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5 d. ago Council leader concerned protests could be ‘hijacked by agitators’

The leader of Warwickshire County Council has urged people to act in a peaceful manner at protests in Nuneaton on Saturday.

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5 d. ago We want to ‘give as much information as possible’ on suspects – chief constable

West Midlands Police Chief Constable Craig Guildford said police ‘have to operate within the bounds of the rules of the law’.

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6 d. ago Georgia Harrison slams Nigel Farage's pledge as 'most ridiculous' thing society could imagine

Georgia Harrison has said Nigel Farage's pledge to scrap the UK’s online safety laws would be 'the most ridiculous, damaging thing that society could ever imagine'

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6 d. ago Jess Phillips slams ‘idiot’ councils for denying grooming gang threat

Jess Phillips has condemned “idiot” councils that believe there is no grooming gangs problem, before asserting that Elon Musk did not influence the decision to hold a national inquiry.

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7 d. ago PM rebukes Andrew Tate and warns boys at risk from ‘toxic masculinity’ online

Sir Keir Starmer said he felt a duty ‘as a Prime Minister’ and ‘as a dad’ to call out the likes of Andrew Tate.

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7 d. ago Labour accused of using Jimmy Savile’s name to ‘bait’ Nigel Farage

Lawyer for abuse survivors criticises ministers for using late TV presenter’s ‘toxic’ name for political point scoringUK politics live – latest updatesLabour’s use of Jimmy Savile’s “toxic” name appeared to be an attempt to “deliberately bait” Nigel Farage and would distress survivors of child sexual abuse, lawyers for victims of the late TV presenter has said.Alan Collins, the head of the abuse team at Hugh James solicitors, said it was “concerning” to see Jess Phillips, the safeguarding minister, and others use Savile’s name to try to “score points over political opponents”. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Police chief hits back at Nigel Farage's claims of a 'cover up' over alleged rape of 12

Alex Franklin-Smith, Warwickshire Police's chief constable, said the force 'did not and will not' cover up alleged criminality as he rejected the accusation by Reform UK.

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7 d. ago Artificial intelligence rollout for police forces to investigate grooming gangs

Officers across all 43 forces in England and Wales will gain access to the investigative technology as part of a £426,000 funding boost.

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8 d. ago Reform UK police chief's 'dark heart of wokeness' claim under fire

Rupert Matthews, who has defected from the Tory Party to Nigel Farage’s rightwing outfit, claimed the UK needs 'to cut the dark heart of wokeness out of our criminal justice system'

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8 d. ago Voices: ‘One in, one out’ is a realistic plan to deal with migration – let’s give it a chance

Home secretary Yvette Cooper’s plan to tackle irregular migrants crossing the Channel is only a pilot programme to test the mechanics of a much larger scheme that could, one day, return all small-boat arrivals – and silence Nigel Farage for good, says John Rentoul

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