14 h. ago 'Nigel Farage may be banging on Downing Steet door but Reform UK is slipping'

Reform UK is a new force banging on the door of 10 Downing Street with promises to be different to Labour and Conservatives - but we've been here before, writes Kevin Maguire

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14 h. ago KEVIN MAGUIRE: 'Farage may be banging on Downing St door but Reform UK is slipping'

Reform UK is a new force banging on the door of 10 Downing Street with promises to be different to Labour and Conservatives - but we've been here before, writes Kevin Maguire

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37 h. ago Kemi Badenoch is closing in on Nigel Farage, poll finds... but Reform and Tories combined are still only level with horror coalition of parties on the Left

The end-of-year survey puts Ms Badenoch's party on 22 per cent - up from 20 per cent a month ago - suggesting that her Commons performances and fresh policy ideas are starting to 'cut through'.

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46 h. ago Pressure on Farage to sack ‘racist’ Reform candidate as he doubles down on claim Lammy should ‘go home’ to Caribbean

‘Farage's refusal to take action against racism in his party shows what a dark place he's dragging politics to,’ says Labour Party chair

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69 h. ago Reform candidate who told David Lammy to ‘go home’ questioned other politicians’ loyalty to UK

Nigel Farage’s party is facing calls to drop the retired naval officer

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2 d. ago Reform candidate who told Lammy to ‘go home’ questioned other politicians’ loyalty to UK

Nigel Farage’s party facing calls to drop retired naval officer

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3 d. ago Nigel Farage faces fresh anger over Reform candidate's 'racist and abhorrent' attacks

Chris Parry, who was already under fire for saying David Lammy should 'go home' to the Caribbean, questioned the loyalty of eight other politicians from minority ethnic backgrounds

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3 d. ago Reform will not be investigated over whistleblower's claim party overspent on Nigel Farage's general election campaign because claim was made too late

Essex Police said the force has assessed the claims but said it falls outside the one-year statutory time limit, so 'no investigation can take place'.

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3 d. ago Reform UK faces no police investigation over Nigel Farage election spending

Essex Police said no investigation can take place after a former Reform councillor claimed the party overspent on Nigel Farage's general election campaign in Clacton

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3 d. ago My lesson from 2025: Reform is much more vulnerable than it appears | Gaby Hinsliff

The party’s astonishingly speedy growth disguised shallow roots – and its success has brought a level of scrutiny for which it simply isn’t readyImagine a classroom with almost nothing in it, save some hard wooden benches and a stack of Bibles. Imagine the school it is in has only one loo, no canteen, gets freezing cold in winter – oh, and the playground is full of gravestones.If this sounds to you like the perfect setting to teach the country’s most vulnerable children, then you’re going to love Reform UK’s new Send policy, which involves cutting the bill for taxiing children to far-flung special schools by repurposing nearby “empty churches” (a term that in itself may surprise vicars) as schools on weekdays. But if you have actually met any children, and therefore suspect this idea isn’t going to fly, then read on to find out why Reform looks more beatable at the end of what has undeniably been its breakthrough year than it did at the beginning.Gaby Hinsliff is a Guardian columnis...

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3 d. ago How support for Labour crumbled in Britain in 2025 with Rachel Reeves' popularity plunging

Backing for the Tories also fell, went up slightly for Reform UK, was unchanged for the Liberal Democrats while the biggest gainers this year were the Greens

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4 d. ago Anas Sarwar warns 'disturbing' SNP plan to support refugees would play into Nigel Farage's hands

Anas Sarwar has issued a warning over crating a two-tier homelessness system in Scotland that would be jumped on by Reform UK

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5 d. ago Nigel Farage's old Dulwich College schoolmates pen open letter urging Reform leader to apologise amid racism claims

Some 25 former pupils and one ex-teacher at Dulwich College have signed an open letter to Reform UK leader Nigel Farage urging him to apologise

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5 d. ago Nigel Farage's Reform party still not a serious threat in Scotland

Scots should be weary of Farage's 'snake-oil sales pitch,' says Record View.

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5 d. ago Government launches investigation into foreign money in UK politics

The announcement comes after the jailing of former Reform UK leader in Wales Nathan Gill for taking bribes to make pro-Russian statements.

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6 d. ago Reform UK vows to sack Civil Service bosses under plans to slash headcount by almost 70,000 people if it wins the next election

Danny Kruger said there will be 'real change' among the 'Permanent Secretary class' if Nigel Farage becomes the next prime minister.

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6 d. ago Reform welcomes Bonnie Blue's support – and says they won't be 'judgmental'

After controversial content creator Bonnie Blue said she stood with Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, Reform UK have welcomed her in with open arms after her huge confession

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7 d. ago Welcome to the twilight zone where Nigel Farage can be accused of racism yet still lead the polls | Nesrine Malik

After weeks of allegations of schoolboy racism, the Reform leader is doubling down. And our political establishment is allowing itJust as I was starting to write this column, an email alert popped up on my screen. “Punters back Nigel for prime minister after Keir Starmer,” it read, placing the Reform leader second in the odds market after Wes Streeting. What a weird, dissonant duality this is. Nigel Farage is in his fourth week of revelations about alleged racist behaviour at school, and yet, here we are. This is one of those twilight-zone moments in British politics, where it seems something is going to “cut through” any minute now. For a moment it seems as if it absolutely will. And then, there’s a loss of momentum and a return to the status quo. In my mind it manifests like a battle of physical forces, acting on one another. Journalistic investigations, testimonies, whistleblowers, all as a sort of storm that blows on a political actor who may be knocked off his feet, but still m...

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7 d. ago STEPHEN GLOVER: If Reform and the Tories let Labour back in they would never be forgiven. When I asked Farage about a pact his answer was very revealing

Have there ever been two political parties in modern British politics that think alike on so many issues as Reform UK and the Tories?

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9 d. ago Infighting, broken promises and insisting on the national anthem: what seven months of Reform UK in charge actually looks like

Nigel Farage’s party is gunning for power – so what is it like in the places where they’ve already got it? We embedded with Lancashire county council to find out what happens when rhetoric meets reality22 May 2025: a new dawn for Lancashire. Outside Preston’s grand old county hall, 53 brand new Reform UK councillors in turquoise ties – and one petite woman with an enormous turquoise hair bow – are hot-footing it past a gaggle of protesters for their first full council meeting. Most keep their heads down and get into the building as quickly as possible. But Joel Tetlow, a first-time politician who has made a few unfortunate headlines before even taking his seat, is intrigued. He stands in the doorway, vaping, as a demonstrator bellows: “Reform is a far right party and Nigel Farage is a racist and a fascist!”Tetlow – late 40s with a full head of vertiginous hair, wearing a powder-blue three-piece suit – insists he isn’t bothered. “They don’t know us as people,” he shrugs. “It’s a word...

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