11 h. ago Former Tory chairman defects to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK in blow to Kemi Badenoch

Sir Jake Berry, who was chairman of the Tories under Liz Truss and a staunch Boris Johnson ally has defected to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK

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11 h. ago Former Conservative chairman and Lancashire MP Sir Jake Berry joins Reform UK

The former MP for Rossendale and Darwen said he joined Nigel Farage's party because the Tories had 'lost their way'

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11 h. ago Former leading Tory Sir Jake Berry joins Nigel Farage’s Reform UK

Sir Jake, who served as Tory chairman in Liz Truss’ short-lived government, said the Conservatives have ‘lost their way’.

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11 h. ago Former Tory chairman Sir Jake Berry joins Reform in 'last chance to pull Britain back from terminal decline'

The former Northern Powerhouse minister has become the biggest name yet to back Nigel Farage’s insurgents

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11 h. ago Former Tory chairman Sir Jake Berry defects to Nigel Farage's Reform UK

Former Conservative Party Chairman Sir Jake Berry has defected to Nigel Farage's Reform UK, delivering a hammer blow to his old party as they continue to struggle in the polls

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11 h. ago Leading former Tory Sir Jake Berry joins Nigel Farage’s Reform UK

Sir Jake, who served as Tory chairman in Liz Truss’ short-lived government, said his former party had “lost their way” as he left the Conservatives.

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16 h. ago The cutting term Eluned Morgan used to describe Nigel Farage

Wales' First Minister didn't bite her tongue

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19 h. ago Huge Nigel Farage row erupts over heckling in PMQs as MP says 'will you shut up'

In chaotic scenes in the Commons, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage was drowned out by shouts from the bench behind, which led to shouts of 'will you shut up?' from another MP

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41 h. ago Reform UK MP quits Nigel Farage's party after taking 'specialist legal advice'

He will continue to sit in the Commons as an independent after questions about his businesses from before he was an MP

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44 h. ago Le snub? Reform complains after French president Macron says non to a meeting with Nigel Farage during state visit to Britain

The French president will hold talks with Sir Keir Starmer, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch and Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey while he is in the UK for three days.

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49 h. ago First Minister says Labour are taking Reform threat in Wales ‘seriously’

Eluned Morgan told Sky News voters in Wales needed to understand Reform as a "threat", warning that "things that they're used to" such as free prescriptions and free school meals for primary school children "could be snatched away"

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50 h. ago New poll shows Reform UK's chances of winning Welsh election, and it's not good news for Labour

Wales' First Minister Eluned Morgan has said she 'wouldn't touch Reform with a barge pole'

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53 h. ago Nigel Farage is UK's 'most respectful' political leader, new poll shows

Pollsters took the mood of the nation a year after Labour took charge

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57 h. ago More than three out of five people think Starmer does not respect them – poll

A survey by More In Common and the UCL Policy Lab suggested 63% of the public thought the PM did not respect people like them.

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66 h. ago Nigel Farage says flaws in Reform UK’s candidate vetting process were not his fault – UK politics live

Farage says any errors in the runup to the 2024 general election cannot be laid at his door as he was not party leader at the timeThe Conservatives will try to change the government’s welfare Bill to tighten up access to personal independence payments (Pip) and universal credit, PA Media reports. PA says:Kemi Badenoch will pledge that the Tories are “now the only party committed to serious welfare reform” after Keir Starmer shelved plans to restrict eligibility for Pip in the face of a backbench revolt this week.The Tories will look to lay amendments to the legislation – set to be renamed the universal credit bill – and party leader Badenoch is due to deliver a speech on welfare on Thursday. Continue reading...

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66 h. ago Reform councillors were ‘shocked’ that they won their seats, says Farage

Nigel Farage puts a Reform-led council’s ‘slow start’ down to his party being a ‘rethink’ on local government.

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66 h. ago Nigel Farage ducks questions about MP who quit Reform amid probe into 'business propriety' as leader tells councillors to behave 'with integrity'

Mr Farage visited Kent days after James McMurdock resigned the party whip amid allegations that he took out government loans during the pandemic for firms with no employees.

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68 h. ago Minister won’t rule out support cuts for children with EHCPs amid Send overhaul – UK politics live

Stephen Morgan, the early education minister, would not confirm every child who has an EHCP would continue to keep the same provisionsThe Conservatives will try to change the government’s welfare Bill to tighten up access to personal independence payments (Pip) and universal credit, PA Media reports. PA says:Kemi Badenoch will pledge that the Tories are “now the only party committed to serious welfare reform” after Keir Starmer shelved plans to restrict eligibility for Pip in the face of a backbench revolt this week.The Tories will look to lay amendments to the legislation – set to be renamed the universal credit bill – and party leader Badenoch is due to deliver a speech on welfare on Thursday. Continue reading...

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69 h. ago Nigel Farage says he ‘can’t apologise’ for lack of MP vetting in general election

Nigel Farage told Reform UK councillors ‘how we behave matters’ during a visit to Kent County Council in the wake of James McMurdock allegations.

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3 d. ago Corbyn and Sultana’s new breakaway party will only boost Nigel Farage, Neil Kinnock warns

Lord Kinnock said the new party should be called the ‘Farage assistance group’

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