4 h. ago Local elections face further delays as councils struggle to reorganise in time

Opposition parties say Labour is ‘scared of voters’ but government says merging authorities have voiced concernsLocal elections could be delayed again as merging councils lack the capacity for reorganisation, the government has announced, triggering claims from opposition parties that Labour is “scared of the voters”.Sixty-three council areas could opt to postpone elections until 2027 after some were already delayed until May 2026 as two-tier authorities are being combined into single unitary councils. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Plans show £60m ‘gap’ in Reform council’s budget even with council tax increase

Kent County Council was won by Reform at local elections in May, when their candidates promised to cut council spending and keep taxes low.

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9 h. ago Denmark says Russia was behind two ‘destructive and disruptive’ cyber

Intelligence service says attacks were work of groups connected to Russian state in ‘clear evidence’ of hybrid warThe Danish government has accused Russia of being behind two “destructive and disruptive” cyber-attacks in what it describes as “very clear evidence” of a hybrid war.The Danish Defence Intelligence Service (DDIS) announced on Thursday that Moscow was behind a cyber-attack on a Danish water utility in 2024and a series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on Danish websites in the lead up to the municipal and regional council elections in November. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago Bonnie Blue slams Kemi Badenoch after Tory leader branded her 'disgusting'

After Kemi Badenoch blasted controversial content creator Bonnie for her racy online work, Bonnie has hit back as she continues to throw her support behind Nigel Farage

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13 h. 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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34 h. ago Nigel Farage urged to apologise after 25 classmates said he was racist at school

For the first time, a number of former pupils of Dulwich College have united to speak out on the Reform leader, and publicly claim that he racially abused them during his school days

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38 h. ago Anas Sarwar warns 'disturbing' SNP plan to support refugees would play into Nigel Farage's hands

Anas Sarwar has issued a warning over crating a two-tier homelessness system in Scotland that would be jumped on by Reform UK

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39 h. ago Nigel Farage under pressure as watchdog looks at illegal election spending allegation

The Electoral Commission has confirmed it is looking at claims Nigel Farage's campaign spent more than the £20,660 legal limit to get the Reform leader elected in Clacton

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39 h. ago Keir Starmer's brutal 'festive advice' to Reform UK has MPs in stitches at PMQs

Opening his final PMQs of 2025, Keir Starmer wished a Merry Christmas to MPs, parliamentary staff and their families in Westminster - before turning to Nigel Farage's party

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45 h. ago Nigel Farage's old Dulwich College schoolmates pen open letter urging Reform leader to apologise amid racism claims

Some 25 former pupils and one ex-teacher at Dulwich College have signed an open letter to Reform UK leader Nigel Farage urging him to apologise

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45 h. ago Nigel Farage told to apologise by 26 of his school contemporaries

Open letter to Reform UK leader expresses ‘dismay and anger’ at his response to racism and antisemitism allegationsNigel Farage has been told to apologise for his alleged teenage racism by 26 school contemporaries who have written an open letter telling of their “dismay and anger” at his response in recent weeks.In a united challenge to the Reform UK leader, the alleged victims and witnesses condemn him for what they describe as his refusal to acknowledge his behaviour at Dulwich college. Continue reading...

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47 h. ago Nigel Farage's Reform party still not a serious threat in Scotland

Scots should be weary of Farage's 'snake-oil sales pitch,' says Record View.

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61 h. ago Government launches investigation into foreign money in UK politics

The announcement comes after the jailing of former Reform UK leader in Wales Nathan Gill for taking bribes to make pro-Russian statements.

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63 h. ago Tice declines to condemn candidate who said Lammy should ‘go home’ to Caribbean

Reform UK’s deputy leader Richard Tice was asked about Chris Parry’s post at a press conference

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63 h. 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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3 d. ago Reform attacks on hiring diverse workers slammed as Labour makes vow to women

Liz Kendall has branded Nigel Farage’s attacks on hiring workers from diverse backgrounds 'ignorant' and 'unambitious' as she launched her new women in tech taskforce

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3 d. ago Reform UK vows to sack Civil Service bosses under plans to slash headcount by almost 70,000 people if it wins the next election

Danny Kruger said there will be 'real change' among the 'Permanent Secretary class' if Nigel Farage becomes the next prime minister.

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3 d. ago Reform welcomes Bonnie Blue's support – and says they won't be 'judgmental'

After controversial content creator Bonnie Blue said she stood with Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, Reform UK have welcomed her in with open arms after her huge confession

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3 d. ago Welcome to the twilight zone where Nigel Farage can be accused of racism yet still lead the polls | Nesrine Malik

After weeks of allegations of schoolboy racism, the Reform leader is doubling down. And our political establishment is allowing itJust as I was starting to write this column, an email alert popped up on my screen. “Punters back Nigel for prime minister after Keir Starmer,” it read, placing the Reform leader second in the odds market after Wes Streeting. What a weird, dissonant duality this is. Nigel Farage is in his fourth week of revelations about alleged racist behaviour at school, and yet, here we are. This is one of those twilight-zone moments in British politics, where it seems something is going to “cut through” any minute now. For a moment it seems as if it absolutely will. And then, there’s a loss of momentum and a return to the status quo. In my mind it manifests like a battle of physical forces, acting on one another. Journalistic investigations, testimonies, whistleblowers, all as a sort of storm that blows on a political actor who may be knocked off his feet, but still m...

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4 d. ago Former Prince Andrew is butt of the year’s best Christmas cracker joke

Two Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor gags make top 10 of public vote, along with jokes about Oasis and Nigel FarageIt’s safe to say it’s been a very bad year for the former Prince Andrew. Already stripped of his title and privileges, he is rounding off the year by becoming the punchline of the year’s most popular Christmas cracker joke.The annual competition is commissioned by the comedy channel U&Gold (formerly Comedy Gold) and decided by the British public. It usually produces a topical winner that sends up one of the biggest stories of the year. Continue reading...

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