10 h. ago Moment Reform UK councillor's ally is branded a 'fascist pig' by Socialist politician at council meeting that descended into gavel

Tensions rose in a council meeting on the Isle of Wight as a row broke out over one councillor's declaration of properties.

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13 h. ago 20 Tory councillors join Reform UK on eve of Conservative conference finale

Nigel Farage’s party unveiled a wave of local government defections.

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14 h. ago Reform gloats over 20 Tory councillors defecting in humiliation for Kemi Badenoch on day three of conference

Touring broadcast studios at Conservative conference in Manchester, Kemi Badenoch played down a poll suggesting nearly two-thirds of members would support a pact.

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15 h. ago Tories having ‘good conference’, Badenoch says as more councillors join Reform

The Conservative leader said members were ‘thrilled’ with the policies put forward in Manchester.

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15 h. ago Kemi Badenoch insists Tories WON'T do a deal with Reform amid fresh councillor defections

Touring broadcast studios at Conservative conference in Manchester, Kemi Badenoch played down a poll suggesting nearly two-thirds of members would support a pact.

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16 h. ago Kemi Badenoch insists Tories WON'T ally with Reform as she says leading the party is a 'sacrifice'

Touring broadcast studios at Conservative conference in Manchester, Kemi Badenoch played down a poll suggesting nearly two-thirds of members would support a pact.

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43 h. ago Don’t despair, Tories: look upon Reform and see your rightful and fitting legacy | Nesrine Malik

If Kemi Badenoch wonders why her party conference looks and feels like a sideshow, perhaps she should reflect on the Conservatives’ 14 years in powerI believe it is good practice as a columnist to keep track of when you have been wrong, and the thing I have got most emphatically wrong over the past few years is the Conservative party’s prospects. I was convinced that the party that still won elections despite the chaos and instability of Brexit, not to mention the calamities of austerity, could get away with anything. I even believed that if it lost power, as it did last year, the risk of a Tory restoration was still very high.What I did not foresee was the most successful political party in the democratic world, by some measures, coming so close to extinction this quickly. As the Tory party conference gets under way in Manchester, with rumours abounding over the weekend about diminished attendance, the polling increasingly suggests that Britain’s next general election will be a con...

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57 h. ago Tory conference 2025 live: Badenoch admits Tories have ‘mountain to climb’ to beat Labour and Farage Reform

Conservative leader is announcing a series of hardline policies including special task force to deport 750,000 illegal immigrants

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1 week ago Keir Starmer 'sleepwalking to Reform government' slam Stockport councillors as they quit Labour

Stockport Labour group are in the process of choosing a new deputy leader.

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2 w. ago Reform UK council leader walks out 'in disbelief' because Torfaen councillors did not acknowledge killing of US influencer Charlie Kirk

Following the meeting Cllr David Thomas told the Local Democracy Reporting Service he'd left the meeting early due to his disappointment in colleagues across the council chamber

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2 w. ago Labour councillor who once cited Barack Obama as a role model and championed gay rights becomes party's first direct defector to Reform in England with blast at Keir Starmer

Councillor Mason Humberstone said Labour was 'lost' and had forgotten about 'ordinary, hardworking people' as he crossed the floor on Stevenage Borough Council.

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3 w. ago The £4million bridge for bats that Reform councillor refuses to spend taxpayer money on because it's 'nonsense'

The discovery of barbastelle bats in Lincolnshire risks derailing a long-awaited relief road after the leader of the council refused to fork out an additional £4m for a bat tunnel.

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3 w. ago Reform’s first London councillor is a “rogue landlord” with a 33

Reform’s first London councillor is a “rogue landlord” with a 33-person HMO  the-londoner.co.uk

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3 w. ago Reform gets first councillors in Greater Manchester borough after three defections

A Tory and two independents have switched their allegiance to create the first Reform group on the council

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4 w. ago Reform councillor is arrested by police on suspicion of stalking, harassment and public disorder after accusing colleagues of 'corruption' and 'posting picture of female official online'

EXCLUSIVE: Councillor Sam Journet was arrested at Basildon council's headquarters, where three officers detained him on Monday morning over the allegations.

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4 w. ago Reform UK hit by a defection... to UKIP! Nigel Farage suffers a blow in Kent as 'psychic' councillor quits for his old party

Amelia Randall, who was elected in May to Kent County Council, has quit Reform to join Mr Farage's old party, according to KentOnline .

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4 w. ago Welsh Reform councillor seen in explicit online pictures says 'I've been told not to speak'

Torfaen Reform UK councillor Sarah Lang made headlines when it emerged that images of her seem to appear on adult websites under the name Princess Spyderlily

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