6 h. ago STEPHEN GLOVER: I once believed Farage would take up Mrs T's mantle. Now, as he jettisons her core beliefs, he's looking less like the saviour this country needs

Nigel Farage is the most significant Right-wing politician since Margaret Thatcher, whom he idolised.

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7 h. ago Sums behind Nigel Farage's vow to spend £85billion if he wins the next election 'are implausible', experts say

Nigel Farage unveiled a string of policies in a major speech, including scrapping the two-child benefit cap, reinstating winter fuel payments and raising the tax-free income allowance to £20,000.

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8 h. ago Watch: Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar brands Nigel Farage ‘a pathetic little man’

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has labeled Nigel Farage ‘a clown’ and ‘pathetic’ in response to a Reform UK campaign advert accusing Sarwar of ‘introducing sectarianism to Scottish politics’.

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16 h. ago Sarwar labels Farage ‘a pathetic little man’ amid row over Reform ad

The Scottish Labour leader said the Reform UK leader ‘thinks Hamilton is some kind of show on the West End of London’.

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19 h. ago Ash Sarkar: ‘Keir Starmer has all of Blair’s weaknesses and none of his strengths’

Writer and political commentator described the prime minister as ‘terrible at politics’ compared to Nigel Farage

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20 h. ago Nigel Farage could 'definitely' become PM, says Dominic Cummings

The controversial former chief adviser to Boris Johnson confirmed he has held meetings with Mr Farage and advised the Reform UK leader on how to win power.

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20 h. ago 'Anytime, any place': Anas Sarwar issues challenge to Reform's Nigel Farage, makes Hamilton by

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has launched a fresh defence against Reform UK leader Nigel Farage.

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20 h. ago Anas Sarwar brands Nigel Farage a “tedious, pathetic little man" as racism row intensifies

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has launched a fresh defence against Reform UK leader Nigel Farage.

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21 h. ago Nigel Farage is 'sticking two fingers up to hardworking British families' by calling for the two

The Reform UK leader used a speech on Tuesday to commit his party to axing the welfare restriction, claiming it was 'the right thing to do'.

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21 h. ago Nigel Farage savaged as 'poisonous man' by MP after defending 'racist' Reform UK advert

Leader of Scottish Labour Anas Sarwar has said he will challenge Nigel Farage 'anytime, any place' after the Reform UK leader defended a 'racist' advert released by his party

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22 h. ago Badenoch to go ‘probably this year’, says former No 10 adviser Dominic Cummings

Boris Johnson’s former aide described Nigel Farage’s Reform UK as a ‘vehicle’ for voters to say they ‘despise’ Westminster.

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22 h. ago Anas Sarwar challenges Nigel Farage to a debate after 'racist' by

The Scottish Labour leader stepped up his attack on the right wing politician after Reform UK said he will "prioritise" Pakistani communities

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22 h. ago Sarwar ready to challenge Farage ‘anytime, any place’ amid row over Reform ad

The Scottish Labour leader hit back after the Reform UK leader accused him of having ‘introduced sectarianism into Scottish politics’.

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23 h. ago Nigel Farage could 'definitely' become Prime Minister in 2029 in Reform UK surge, says Dominic Cummings

But the mastermind behind the Brexit campaign says Reform must become more than ‘Nigel and an iPhone’

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31 h. ago Nigel Farage vows to reverse Keir Starmer's cut to winter fuel payments as part of £85bn package

The Reform UK leader unveiled a string of policies in a major speech, including scrapping the two-child benefit cap and fully reinstating winter fuel payments.

Economics

37 h. ago Nigel Farage accused of ‘fantasy promises’ with expensive policy pledges

Reform UK leader unveils plans to reverse benefit cuts and bring in tax breaks without explaining how they would be fundedNigel Farage has been accused of leaving a multibillion-pound black hole at the heart of his party’s spending plans after unveiling a series of expensive policy pledges to be paid for by cutting nonexistent items of government spending.The Reform UK leader laid out a series of economic promises at a speech on Tuesday designed to take advantage of disquiet among Labour voters at the government’s policies on taxes and benefits. Continue reading...

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37 h. ago The Guardian view on Farage’s cynical pitch: Labour must be bolder to see off the threat | Editorial

The Reform UK leader spies a route to power through appealing to blue collar voters. His speech is another wake-up call for Sir Keir Starmer’s governmentLast July, concluding his election victory speech after winning in Clacton, Nigel Farage announced that after inflicting grievous damage on the Conservative party that night, Reform UK would now “be coming for Labour”. Since then, on issues such as the nationalisation of Britain’s beleaguered steel industry, Mr Farage has carefully positioned his party as sympathetic to working-class concerns and fears. His heavily-trailed speech on Tuesday, in Westminster, was the most direct attempt yet to present himself as a new spokesperson for Labour’s traditional blue-collar voters.The most talented and cynical political opportunist of his generation, Mr Farage knows where the openings lie. Labour has tied itself in unedifying knots over its deeply unpopular cuts to the winter fuel allowance, and agonised over reversing the Tories’ ...

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38 h. ago Labour admit Nigel Farage is running the country. Furious insiders tell DAN HODGES Reform is 'killing them', they're copying his every move... and that it'll spell end of Starmer

Over the past few months, Westminster has reverberated with the same angst-ridden question: 'Could Nigel Farage really become prime minister?'

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39 h. ago How WILL you pay for that, Nigel? Farage admits Reform's costings might be 'optimistic' as he vows '£80bn' tax cut while axing two

Nigel Farage trolled that Keir Starmer is 'terrified' of the threat from the insurgents as he committed to scrap the two-child benefit cap and fully restore winter fuel payments.

Economics

41 h. ago Nigel Farage refuses to commit to keeping pensions triple lock if he wins next election

Reform UK leader unveils series of tax cuts without fully explaining how party would pay for themNigel Farage has refused to commit to keeping the pensions triple lock in place if he wins the next election, even as he unveiled a series of expensive tax cuts without fully explaining how his party would pay for them.The Reform UK leader said on Tuesday that if he became prime minister he might not keep the policy – which guarantees that the state pension rises by at least inflation, earnings or 2.5% a year, whichever is the highest. Continue reading...

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