47 h. ago Veteran Labour activist quits party after nearly 50 years with attack on Keir Starmer and local MP Angela Rayner

Barrie Holland, 82, left the party amid disillusionment at the job being done by disgraced former deputy leader Ms Rayner, whose constituency includes Droylsden.

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47 h. ago Blow for Nigel Farage as Reform UK councillor suspended over Whatsapps

County Councillor Tom Pickup was suspended after messages were posted by the X account Reform Party UK Exposed, allegedly claiming the party was hiding an even tougher immigration stance

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67 h. ago Reform UK councillor suspended over WhatsApp group featuring post calling for ‘mass Islam genocide’

Nigel Farage’s party is launching an investigation into the messages

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2 d. ago Tory crisis in London as second councillor defects to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK at flagship town hall

Alan Mendoza on Wednesday joined Laila Cunningham as Reform’s second representative on Westminster Council

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4 d. ago 'I'm going nowhere': Keir Starmer insists he will be PM at next election

A YouGov survey of 2,100 people found 23 per cent think the party leader should quit now and elect someone else.

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7 d. ago Wave of London Labour defections grows as another councillor quits party over ‘financial mismanagement’

Hounslow councillor Vickram Grewal blamed his former party’s financial “mismanagement” as he announced he was joining the Conservatives

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7 d. ago MP quits Jeremy Corbyn's Your Party as infighting chaos continues

MP Adnan Hussain said he had been ‘deeply troubled’ by the way ‘certain figures’ within the new party had been treated

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7 d. ago Your Party plunged into fresh chaos as MP quits over ‘persistent infighting’

Adnan Hussain said on Friday he would step out of the ‘steering process’ for the new party

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9 d. ago Vandals target property amid owner's row with Reform councillor

Liv Cooke, 26, says her HMOs are often used to house women escaping domestic abuse

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9 d. ago Princess Royal reflects on ‘remarkable milestone’ at party for King’s birthday

Anne joked that the party in Singapore was ‘strangely quite close’ to Charles’s actual birthday, which is on Friday.

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1 week ago Starmer slams ‘utterly spineless’ Farage for failing to condemn Reform councillor who called children in care ‘evil’

Sir Keir Starmer labelled Nigel Farage “utterly spineless” after the Reform UK leader failed to condemn a councillor from his party who called children in care “evil”.

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1 week ago Reform UK council ‘chaos’ creates threat to public safety – Fire Brigades Union

Reform UK councillor suspensions include the chair and vice-chair of the Kent and Medway Fire Authority which has left it in ‘disarray’.

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2 w. ago London pub popular with politicians and Downing Street staff faces sanctions over rowdy customers

People living near Walker’s of Whitehall claim their lives could be ‘endangered’ by ‘intimidating’ and ‘intoxicated’ customers

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2 w. ago ‘More clowns than Billy Smart’s circus’: Reform mocked as Kent council holds first meeting since video leak chaos

First full council meeting held since several suspended following leaked meeting footage

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2 w. ago Reform UK suspends another councillor just hours before a Kent County Council meeting

First full council meeting held since several suspended following leaked meeting footage

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2 w. ago MAFS UK hit by hundreds of Ofcom complaints as viewers slam bride’s ‘cruel’ treatment of groom

MARRIED At First Sight has been hit with hundreds of Ofcom complaints as they slammed Grace's "cruel" behaviour to groom Ashley. The midwife, 31, from Norwich tied the knot with Ashley on the E4 dating show’s latest series. They have clashed on various issues, and recently called it quits following another argument at the latest dinner party. During...

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3 w. ago Reform councillor defects to Tories after party’s policies left him ‘uncomfortable’

Dartford representative James Buchan says ‘devastating’ immigration plans had created a lot of fear and anxietyA Reform UK councillor has defected to the Conservatives saying he became “uncomfortable” in Nigel Farage’s party.James Buchan, who sits in the south-east London borough of Dartford, said he struggled with the idea of facing his relatives while a member of a party whose anti-immigration policies spread fear. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Reform councillor switches to Tories after becoming ‘uncomfortable’ with party

James Buchan accused the party of having ‘a pretty unfortunate way of treating people’.

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3 w. ago West London Labour councillor suspended over claims of 'working with Reform UK'

West London Labour councillor suspended over claims of 'working with Reform UK'  MyLondon

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3 w. ago Reform UK councillor slammed after claiming 'sharia law' is being 'inflicted' on Glasgow

Audrey Dempsey - who quit Labour following a race row - said "you just have to take a walk through the streets of Glasgow city centre" when asked to justify her wild claim.

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