1 hour ago Half of Reform voters say local election vote was a protest in clear warning to Starmer and Badenoch

After disastrous local election results, Tory MPs hoping to install Robert Jenrick as new leader risk being disappointed as research suggest he would not beat Nigel Farage’s Reform

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1 hour ago Welsh political poll drops massive bombshell for all the big parties and Nigel Farage one year out from next Wales election

The First Minister described the results as a 'serious wake up call' for her and her party

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3 h. ago The Reform Five: Nigel Farage's newest recruit Sarah Pochin is sworn in as an MP after her by

Former Tory councillor Ms Pochin stunned politics with a by-election win in the former Labour stronghold of Runcorn and Helsby last week.

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3 h. ago DARREN LEWIS: 'Keir Starmer needs to grow a backbone fast if he wants to win back loyalty to Labour'

Labour's colossal by-election defeat is yet another sign that Sir Keir Starmer can't take modern voters for granted, writes Darren Lewis

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4 h. ago The Reform Five: Nigel Farage welcomes new MP Sarah Pochin to Westminster after her by

Former Tory councillor Ms Pochin stunned politics with a win in the former Labour stronghold of Runcorn last week.

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5 h. ago Labour MP accuses Reform of sucking up to Putin in heated clash

A Labour MP accused Reform of sucking up to Russian leader Vladimir Putin during a heated clash on live television.

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5 h. ago Nigel Farage says Reform councillors are refusing training on Net Zero and diversity

Nigel Farage declared that his troops would ignore instructions to get briefings 'because we believe all people should be treated equally'.

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6 h. ago Voters don’t think Starmer and Badenoch will lead parties into next general election

After disastrous local election results, Tory MPs hoping to install Robert Jenrick as new leader risk being disappointed as research suggest he would not beat Nigel Farage’s Reform

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7 h. ago 'Don't panic,' says William Hague as Tory grandee clashes with Liz Truss on how to save party after elections rout

The Conservatives lost 674 council seats on May 1 as Nigel Farage’s Reform UK surged

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9 h. ago Fury as Reform plans 'sickening' ban on flying Ukrainian flag from town halls in clampdown on banners on council buildings

Nigel Farage's party said it would only fly the Union Jack, St George's flag and county flags from the council buildings it controls.

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10 h. ago Reform UK councillor quits after suspension and launches huge attack on Nigel Farage

Donna Edmunds, a councillor for Shropshire who was suspended from Reform UK, has launched an attack on Nigel Farage, calling him a 'terrible leader' who 'stabs people in the back'

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10 h. ago Reform plan to ban Ukrainian flag from town halls and fly only the Union Jack

Nigel Farage's party said it would only fly the Union Jack, St George's flag and county flags from the council buildings it controls.

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12 h. ago The lesson for Labour? Until it can improve local lives and stop fearing Farage, more losses are coming | Polly Toynbee

Rapid, highly visible action in communities and a forthright attack on the new right – that is what’s needed nowIf you thought these elections were bad, just wait for the locals next May. Expect far worse for Labour, unless they act fast. As they tussle over which way to turn, left or right, stop and consider what’s ahead. They will be challenged by Reform UK in towns such as Barnsley, while their progressive city heartlands will be ravaged by Greens, Liberal Democrats, and pro-Palestine and other independents. Expect shocks in London boroughs that have been forever Labour. (Worth recalling that amid Labour’s landslide, Keir Starmer’s vote share in Holborn and St Pancras dropped by 17% in the general election when challenged by a pro-wealth tax radical.) With council elections in a third of seats in English cities, expect an eruption of local leftward rebellions.Those around Starmer may well be misidentifying the threat that matters most. Heavy vote losses to Lib Dems and Greens in ...

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17 h. ago Labour 'is reviewing its winter fuel payment for thousands of Brits' after backlash from voters during elections

Senior figures in Keir Starmer's circles have allegedly been discussing how to simmer public anger in the wake of Labour's local election thumping to Nigel Farage's Reform.

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19 h. ago Nigel Farage's plan to fly only the Union Jack at councils 'is a blow to support for war

Nigel Farage's party said it would only fly the Union Jack, St George's flag and county flags from the council buildings it controls.

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23 h. ago Reform UK councillor quits party with attack on Farage just days after election

The councillor had posted on social media about her plans to defect from Reform UK after the election

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26 h. ago Reform to ban all flags except union jack and St George’s Cross on council buildings

Reform UK will only allow the union jack, St George’s flag and county flags on council buildings

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27 h. ago Nigel Farage ally pledges costly legal battles after hollow migrant hotel vow

Reform UK chairman Zia Yusuf said his party would launch judicial reviews and injunctions when challenged whether Nigel Farage had made a pledge he cannot keep

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28 h. ago Nigel Farage accused of 'sucking up to Moscow' with Reform's new flags pledge

One of Reform's first acts on winning control of 10 local councils was to insist that town halls can't fly Ukrainian flags in solidarity with Kyiv against Russian aggression

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30 h. ago 'Very real possibility' Nigel Farage will be next UK Prime Minister, claims rival

When asked if Reform UK leader Nigel Farage could be Prime Minster, SNP leader John Swinney said that he thinks 'it is very real possibility that that could happen'

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