34 m. ago Never a more important time to be a unionist or conservative, says Findlay

The Scottish Conservative leader attacked Reform UK’s unionist credentials.

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3 h. ago Grooming gang members convicted of child rape will be jailed for the rest of their lives under Reform government

Nigel Farage's party has vowed to impose mandatory whole life sentences on adults convicted of child rape if it wins the next election.

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7 h. ago FTSE 100 smashing through 10,000 mark hailed by Rachel Reeves as vote of confidence in UK economy

The optimistic news came as Labour is hoping for economic growth ahead of crunch local elections in May

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10 h. ago ‘We were missing in the conversation’: how Zack Polanski hit on plan to beat Reform at their own game

This time last year Polanski was barely known outside the party. Now he’s hoping for success at May’s local elections - by taking a page from Nigel Farage’s playbookZack Polanski finally decided to stand as the Greens’ leader, he says, after witnessing the party being eclipsed by Reform in last May’s local elections across England, and realising that British politics had changed for good.While the Greens made yet more steady gains, Reform won nearly 700 councillors from a standing start. As deputy leader, it was Polanski’s job to speak to losing candidates to both offer consolation and ask what lessons could be learned. Continue reading...

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12 h. ago 10 Reform UK policies from Nigel Farage that would clobber Scots

Mr Farage's Reform UK party lead in the polls, but critics say their policies would slap the UK with spending cuts, NHS changes and mass deportations

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28 h. ago Nigel Farage pledges Reform will go 'double or quits' on local elections with £5million spending blitz

Nigel Farage has vowed Reform will go 'double or quits' with a £5million spending blitz ahead of May's local elections.

Economics

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.

Politics

40 h. ago Local elections in London will test support for Reform UK and Greens

Local elections in London will test support for Reform UK and Greens  BBC

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42 h. ago When racists shout ‘Go home’, and you come from 15 places, what to do? | Hugh Muir

A DNA test showed me that theoretically I have links to a long list of countries – and that the way we look at belonging makes little senseWhile accepting that David Lammy, the deputy prime minister and justice secretary is, for many, the human embodiment of Marmite – loved or hated, with not much in between – one can still question whether, for all his faults, he should “go home to the Caribbean”. Whether you agree with him over this or that utterance or the broad sweep of government policy, he has, unquestionably made his contribution to Tottenham, in north London, whose people he has represented for a quarter of a century, to parliament, as a senior MP, as foreign secretary and now as an important figure with several key portfolios.So when a lieutenant of Nigel Farage, admittedly no fan of Lammy’s, suggests, without notable contradiction or condemnation from Reform, that Lammy “should go home to the Caribbean”, one is tempted to look at that askance. But then, in the year just pa...

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50 h. ago Keir Starmer vows to ‘stay the course’ in 2026 after Labour leadership speculation

In his New Year message, the Labour prime minister, under pressure over faltering economy and with his party trailing Nigel Farage’s Reform UK in the polls, pledges Britain will ‘turn a corner’ in the next 12 months

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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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60 h. ago POLL OF THE DAY: Is Reform UK 'genuinely the last chance for Britain', as Nigel Farage claims?

In a New Year address to voters shared with the Daily Mail, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said his party had led for over 175 opinion polls in a row with an average lead of 10 per cent.

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60 h. ago 'Coward' Keir Starmer warned his 'party before people' move to axe local elections will block investment worth 'billions' to struggling economy

Labour has pushed back votes to 2027 in four areas that were due to gain a directly-elected mayor in 2026 in what critics said was a 'dictatorial' move.

Events

61 h. ago Nigel Farage ridiculed with brutal joke about timing of New Year message

Nigel Farage, who released a rambling New Year video message this morning, was ridiculed on social media with a brutal joke about Reform UK's possible Russia links

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3 d. ago NIGEL FARAGE shares his New Year address with Daily Mail readers: I've never known Britain feel gloomier. Here's how Reform can give EVERY voter hope next year

As 2025 draws to a close, I can't remember the country ever being gloomier. People are getting poorer. Unemployment is rising.

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3 d. ago Even Nigel Farage should welcome fierce scrutiny of his school days

Editorial: An opinion poll for The Independent suggests that the electorate is unmoved by stories from the Reform leader’s school days – but no potential leader of this country should be able to shrug off allegations of this seriousness without a proper defence

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3 d. ago Call the Midwife's Helen George says Nigel Farage and Andrew Tate are 'really terrifying'

In the BBC drama, Call the Midwife, the action takes place in 1971, and the nurses of Nonnatus House will be seen protesting and burning their bras

Events

3 d. ago Nigel Farage racism claims have not harmed his reputation, poll finds

Exclusive: More than 20 former pupils of Dulwich College have accused the Reform UK leader of holding ‘racist, antisemitic and fascist views’ as a pupil

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4 d. ago Nigel Farage targets six councils from under Sadiq Khan's nose in 'earthquake' opportunity to topple London Mayor

Nigel Farage targets six councils from under Sadiq Khan's nose in 'earthquake' opportunity to topple London Mayor  GB News

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4 d. ago Nigel Farage targeting six London council wins for Reform in elections as he says capital 'in big trouble'

Reform UK leader says his party has ‘very real chance’ of winning in London in May elections

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