56 h. ago Reform a ‘real threat’ at future elections, Welsh first minister warns

Eluned Morgan said she was “really fearful” the party could make gains in Welsh parliament

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6 d. ago Martin Lewis tells Labour there are 'two main problems' with Winter Fuel Payment plans

The U-turn on the Winter Fuel Payment cuts will have to overcome two major issues, Martin Lewis has warned

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8 d. ago Keir Starmer warns rebellious Labour MPs that Reform is now their 'main rival' and they have a 'moral duty' to stop Nigel Farage becoming PM

The Prime Minister lashed out at the Reform leader as 'a state-slashing, NHS-privatising Putin apologist' as faced the Parliamentary Labour Party.

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9 d. ago UK high street chaos 'could lose Labour seats to Reform UK' if Government don't act

The Retail Jobs Alliance has warned that the high street sector is set to shed 300,000 jobs by 2028, and that areas where Reform UK made significant gains in the local elections could be disproportionately affected

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1 week ago Sir Lenny Henry calls on ‘allies’ to help tackle racial inequality as he declares diversity ‘under real threat’

Comedian stated that ‘woke’ is being ‘weaponised to denigrate anything hated by the right’

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2 w. ago DWP measures to prevent PIP benefit fraud of payments worth £750 a month

This year, the Labour government announced a major shake-up to the UK's main disability benefit, PIP, and shared further measures on how it would clamp down on fraud within the benefit system

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2 w. ago How India and Pakistan conflict turned from brink of war to ceasefire in days

As nuclear threat became very real possibility, Trump tasked Marco Rubio and JD Vance to contact the feuding countriesIndian surface-to-air missiles were already soaring towards Pakistan’s most significant military bases when the first call came from the US.It was 4am in Islamabad and Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state and recently appointed US national security advisor, was on the line to the man everyone knew was calling the shots in Pakistan: army chief Gen Asim Munir. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Reform UK to be Scotland’s second largest party at Holyrood, poll suggests

The Survation survey suggests Nigel Farage’s party will beat the Tories and Labour to become the main opposition at the Scottish Parliament.

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3 w. ago Winter fuel squeeze anger was factor in Labour election losses – Streeting

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the Government was ‘reflecting on what voters told us last Thursday’.

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3 w. 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...

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3 w. ago Starmer’s former minister Haigh urges him to rip up tax rules to counter Reform

Labour and the Conservatives are under pressure to reverse their parties’ fortunes after Reform picked up 10 councils and more than 600 seats.

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3 w. ago Streeting: Reform UK a ‘real threat’ to Labour and ‘serious opposition force’

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said Nigel Farage’s party has tapped into the frustration of voters.

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3 w. ago Streeting says Reform are real threat and may become Labour’s main rivals

Health secretary asks public to give government time as he calls Farage’s party a ‘serious opposition force’Politics live – latest updatesWes Streeting has said Reform is a real threat and could replace the Conservatives as the main opposition party by the next election, as he urged the public to give Labour the “benefit of the doubt”.The health secretary said Nigel Farage’s party was being treated as a “serious opposition force” after Reform’s success in the local elections, where it narrowly won a byelection from Labour and took 677 council seats, gaining control of 10 councils. Reform took most seats from the Conservatives, who lost 674, while Labour lost 187. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Streeting admits Reform could be main opposition by next election – UK politics live

Health secretary tells Sky News that the party are ‘definitely a threat’ following byelection and council resultsLabour targets international students claiming asylumThe Conservatives will come back from their poor results in the local elections but it will have to be a “slow and steady” effort, party leader Kemi Badenoch has said, PA reports.She told the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme: “I am sorry to all of those councillors who’ve lost their seat”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Farage claims transformation of British politics as Reform makes major gains

Widespread local election wins raise prospect of populist party becoming Labour’s main opposition

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3 w. ago Nigel Farage is a 'real political threat' following English election victories, says John Swinney

The First Minister accused Nigel Farage of peddling "false hope" to voters.

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3 w. ago Nigel Farage's Reform party takes massive wins in English elections

Nigel Farage said his party's wins overnight make Reform UK the main opposition to Labour

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4 w. ago 'I'm going to vote Reform, we need change': On the streets of the only place in Greater Manchester voting this week

The voters of Balderstone and Kirkholt in Rochdale will have the chance to select their newest councillor at the by-election this week

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