3 h. ago London gets first Reform MP as Andrew Rosindell becomes second Tory to defect in a week

The Romford MP said he spoke to Nigel Farage on Sunday evening and agreed to join his party

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4 h. ago Andrew Rosindell becomes second Tory MP to defect to Reform in a week

He said he spoke to Nigel Farage on Sunday evening and agreed to join his party.

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9 h. ago Reform leader in Scotland says independence vote should be postponed for 10 years

Speaking to the BBC Scotland Sunday Show, Lord Offord said that Nigel Farage ‘would not be dictating the policies’.

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30 h. ago Politicians criticise Trump’s plan to hit UK with tariffs over Greenland

The US president said the UK will be charged a 10% tariff ‘on any and all goods’ sent to the US from February 1.

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31 h. ago Kemi Badenoch dismisses Reform’s May defection deadline for Tories

Nigel Farage and his head of policy Zia Yusuf have indicated May 7 would be a cut-off point for admitting Conservative defectors to their party.

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58 h. ago 'Traitors' politics: Minister's warning as Farage teases Labour defection to Reform after Jenrick joins from Tories

Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden said Reform UK was a ‘Right-wing project’ despite Nigel Farage’s party attracting a significant number of Labour voters

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59 h. ago Nigel Farage tricked into paying tribute to paedophile Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins on Cameo

Reform UK leader calls the late child sexual abuse offender ‘a good man, a really good guy’ in 27-second video clip

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59 h. ago 'Traitors' politics: Minister's warning as Farage teases Labour defection to Reform after Jenrick joins party from Tories

Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden said Reform UK was a ‘Right-wing project’ despite Nigel Farage’s party attracting a significant number of Labour voters

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59 h. ago Farage has done my spring cleaning, says Badenoch after Jenrick defection

The Conservative leader said Reform are ‘taking people who are repeatedly sacked from government’.

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60 h. ago Exclusive: Laila Cunningham says women in burkas need to be searched

Nigel Farage’s choice for City Hall tells The Standard podcast: ‘I don't think in an open society people should cover their face. It provides a cloak of anonymity for criminals’

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63 h. ago No action against Reform councillor over threat to punch colleague ‘in the jaw’

Kent County Councillor Peter Osborne was facing a complaint signed by leaders of the opposition groups over a message he sent in autumn last year.

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64 h. ago 'Traitors' politics: Cabinet minister's warning as Farage teases high

Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden said Reform UK was a ‘Right-wing project’ despite Nigel Farage’s party attracting a significant number of Labour voters

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64 h. ago 'Traitors' politics: Cabinet minister seeks to brush off looming Labour defection to Reform trailed by Farage

Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden said Reform UK was a ‘Right-wing project’ despite Nigel Farage’s party attracting a significant number of Labour voters

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65 h. ago Reform's Laila Cunningham: Women in burkas should be stopped and searched by police

Nigel Farage’s choice for City Hall tells The Standard podcast: ‘I don't think in an open society people should cover their face. It provides a cloak of anonymity for criminals’

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66 h. ago Reform's London mayoral candidate Laila Cunningham: Women in burkas should be stopped and searched by police

Nigel Farage’s choice for City Hall tells The Standard podcast: ‘I don't think in an open society people should cover their face. It provides a cloak of anonymity for criminals’

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3 d. ago Kemi Badenoch bids to steady Tories after Robert Jenrick’s defection to Reform

The Newark MP said most of his former Tory colleagues ‘don’t have the stomach for the radical change this country needs’.

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3 d. ago Awkward moment Nigel Farage left waiting on stage after unveiling Robert Jenrick defection to Reform

Farage was unveiling Jenrick as Reform UK’s newest recruit and invited him to join him on stage when Jenrick initially failed to appear

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3 d. ago Robert Jenrick attacks Tories as ‘failed’ party as he defects to Reform

It comes after the Newark MP was sacked from the Tory frontbench by Kemi Badenoch.

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3 d. ago More than 100,000 people urge MPs to ban social media for under

Letters sent using campaign group’s template as Keir Starmer indicates Australia-style move being consideredMPs’ inboxes have been flooded with letters calling for an Australia-style social media ban for under-16s, as the prime minister indicated such a move was being considered.More than 100,000 people have contacted their local MP since the grassroots organisation Smartphone Free Childhood launched an email campaign on Tuesday evening with a template calling for “reasonable, age-appropriate boundaries”. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Holyrood poll is about who governs Scotland, not my performance – Keir Starmer

The Prime Minister refused to say if his job could be on the line if Labour performs poorly in May.

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