32 h. ago Reform launches 'Lawfare' push to block asylum hotels in its council areas

Reform deputy leader Richard Tice said the party had a 'brilliant KC' and a 'team of lawyers' willing to act for free - and would use 'whatever levers we can'.

Society

39 h. ago Lib Dems launch ‘Reform watch’ to monitor party in local government

Exclusive: Ed Davey says Labour and Tories too scared of Reform threat to hold Nigel Farage’s party to accountThe Liberal Democrats have set up an internal “Reform watch” system to monitor Nigel Farage’s party in local government, with Ed Davey saying Labour and the Conservatives are too scared of the threat from Reform to hold it to account.The Lib Dem leader defended his party’s performance in last week’s local elections, saying council contests where they unexpectedly ended up behind Reform mainly happened because of a collapse in votes for other parties. Continue reading...

Politics

6 d. ago Welsh Labour leader launches broadside at Starmer amid panic over Reform threat in Senedd elections

Baroness Morgan will use a speech marking a year until Senedd elections that she 'will not stay silent' when the PM makes 'decisions that we think will harm Welsh communities'.

Politics

6 d. ago Reform UK councillor quits after suspension and launches huge attack on Nigel Farage

Donna Edmunds, a councillor for Shropshire who was suspended from Reform UK, has launched an attack on Nigel Farage, calling him a 'terrible leader' who 'stabs people in the back'

Events

6 d. ago Wes Streeting: I will defend the tax rises funding 8.3m GP appointments

Exclusive: Health secretary to challenge Reform on how it would fund investment in NHSWes Streeting will launch a vocal defence of the party’s tax rises on Tuesday, pledging an extra 8.3m GP appointments to “end the 8am scramble” and telling his opponents that the investment would not be possible without the national insurance rise.The health secretary, who has been the party’s most vocal challenger on Reform, is expected to step up the attacks on opposition parties, which have dubbed the NICs rise for employers a “job tax” and said he would challenge those who had criticised the rise on how they would fund investment in the health service. Continue reading...

Economics

7 d. ago Nigel Farage ally pledges costly legal battles after hollow migrant hotel vow

Reform UK chairman Zia Yusuf said his party would launch judicial reviews and injunctions when challenged whether Nigel Farage had made a pledge he cannot keep

Events

7 d. ago Reform promise to use 'every instrument of power available' to ban migrant hotels in areas where they control the local council

Over the weekend the party's chairman Zia Yusuf also said young people needed a moral re-education and schools would teach a love of Britain if his party was in power.

Events

8 d. ago Downing Street fury at Farage plot to tie up Starmer government in legal challenges

Exclusive: Reform’s new Lincolnshire mayor Andrea Jenkyns has revealed that Farage plans to use the party’s control of councils across England to launch a series of legal challenges to block Labour government policy on net zero and housing asylum seekers

Politics

1 week ago Hotel in Shotts seeks permission to remodel its interior and create additional rooms for guests

The Station Hotel has applied to North Lanarkshire Council seeking planning approval for alterations to its internal layout, removing lounge space, a function room and a kitchen area to build four new rooms.

Events

1 week ago Tory fury as Labour's asylum block on foreign sex offenders leaves human rights loophole

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper (pcitured) announced that attackers who commit 'appalling' sex crimes will no longer be eligible for protection here under the Refugee Convention.

Events

3 w. ago Lib Dems launch ‘Farage fighting fund’ to stem Reform threat at local elections

Party receives £100,000 from donors ahead of voting across England on May 1

Politics

3 w. ago South Ayrshire Council claims business support success in wake of hotel fire

A total of £417,000 was allocated to support Ayr businesses in 2024/25.

Events

3 w. ago Plans for enlarged restaurant and bar in grounds of plush Bishopton hotel approved by Renfrewshire Council

Bid for planning permission for the alteration and extension of Il Posto at Mar Hall granted by local authority.

Society