4 h. ago Lord Mandelson says Nigel Farage is 'peaking too soon' to become PM despite admitting that Keir Starmer's election landslide was down to 'anger'

Lord Mandelson - the UK ambassador to the US - said Nigel Farage is a 'highly effective populist' as polls show Reform with a significant lead.

Politics

14 h. ago Crazy golf trips, circus tickets and countless Amazon parcels: How cash

The lavish spending, unearthed by Nigel Farage's new 'efficiency' audit, also included thousands of pounds spent on gift cards, Currys and Argos purchases, and takeaways.

Sport

16 h. ago Nigel Farage 'set to snub Liz Truss' if she tries to jump ship to Reform UK

Nigel Farage is set to snub any attempt by Liz 'The Lettuce' Truss if she tries to jump ship from the Tories and join the ranks of his Reform UK party, political sources say.

Politics

18 h. ago Nigel Farage makes the same startling omission in almost all of his Commons speeches

Parliamentary records show Farage has spoken 46 times in the Commons in the past year – less than once a week

Events

45 h. ago Rupert Lowe cleared of breaching MPs’ rules over grooming gang inquiry donations

Parliament’s standards commissioner found Mr Lowe had not breached the rules governing donations to MPs over a crowdfunder for his grooming inquiry.

Events

47 h. ago Parliament’s standards watchdog begins investigation into Rupert Lowe

The BBC said it was launched because Mr Lowe is yet to declare money from his private grooming gang inquiry on his register of interests.

Politics

50 h. ago What's first Reform UK pub like? Landlord says 'I'm not far right

EXCLUSIVE: Reform UK is the on the march, with Nigel Farage's new political project making waves up and down the country, perhpas nowhere moreso than in Blackpool, Lancashire

Politics

59 h. ago I firmly believe NONE of the 74 young men I saw in that small boat should be free to roam our streets: NIGEL FARAGE in the English Channel

The weather was set fair as we left Dover Harbour at 5am and headed out to the 12-mile territorial line. We barely had to wait long at all before the first dinghy appeared on the horizon.

Politics

61 h. ago Crackdown on illegal working promised alongside migrant return deal with France

The UK has promised extra action to tackle the ‘pull factors’ luring migrants across the English Channel.

Economics

66 h. ago Starmer and Macron pin hopes on one in, one out deal to deter Channel migrants

Sir Keir Starmer said the plan was a ‘real breakthrough in the way we tackle the vile trade of people smuggling’.

Politics

66 h. ago Keir Starmer aims brutal swipe at Nigel Farage as 'groundbreaking' migrant return deal reached

Keir Starmer lashed out at the 'performative politics of the easy hour' as he unveiled the first migrant returns deal with Europe since Brexit - as Emmanuel Macron said Brits had been lied to

Economics

67 h. ago Starmer takes swipe at Farage in migrant deal announcement with Macron

Watch as Sir Keir Starmer takes a swipe at Nigel Farage whilst announcing a migrant deal with France.

Politics

68 h. ago Tories plunged into chaos by fresh defection amid Kemi Badenoch 'banana republics' jibe

Kemi Badenoch has hit back at defectors like Sir Jake Berry, who dramatically quit to join Nigel Farage's party, accusing them of behaving 'like they do in banana republics'

Events

2 d. ago Nigel Farage takes to the Channel to witness the French Navy hand over an overcrowded dinghy of migrants to be ferried to Britain in a Border Force vessel

200 yards away a grossly overcrowded dinghy is pulled up alongside the Border Force cutter, about to unload its contingent of 78 migrants who left from a French beach a few hours earlier.

Events

2 d. ago Jake Berry’s defection to Reform leaves only one question for Badenoch – ‘who is leaving next?’

This latest blow for the Tories is significant because it shows that professional politicians, not just angry ideologues, are now willing to follow Nigel Farage, writes political editor David Maddox

Politics

2 d. ago Kemi Badenoch attacks ‘banana republic’ defectors as former Tory chairman Jake Berry latest to join Reform

Former Conservative chairman Sir Jake has become the latest Tory to join Nigel Farage’s party

Politics

2 d. ago Kemi Badenoch says 'banana republic' Tories toying with defecting to Reform are welcome to 'jump ship' after ex

She lashed out at 'banana republic' politicians trying to save their careers after Sir Jake Berry, the former Conservative Party chairman, became the latest ex-MP to join Reform.

Politics

2 d. ago Badenoch attacks ‘banana republic’ defectors after another Tory joins Reform

Former Conservative chairman Sir Jake Berry became the latest Tory to join Nigel Farage’s party.

Events

3 d. ago Channel crossings continue amid crunch talks with France over migrant returns deal

More than 21,000 people have arrived in the UK after crossing the English Channel so far this year

Economics

3 d. ago Channel crossings continue amid crunch talks over migrant deal

Border Force vessels have been sent as part of the response to multiple boats on Thursday morning, according to HM coastguard.

Economics