All news on the topic: Reform UK

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Questions grow over Reform UK discipline as dozens of controversial councillors remain in party
At least four newly-elected Reform UK councillors seem to have been suspended, expelled, or have resigned their seats entirely since the local elections in England.
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Labour MPs urge Starmer to set exit timeline after devastating local election losses
Keir Starmer is under pressure to establish a timeline for his departure after a significant defeat in elections throughout Britain led senior Labour MPs to urge him to step down within a year.
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Farage hails historic shift as Reform UK wipes out Labour and Tories in strongholds
Nigel Farage has declared Reform UK a "national party" after making huge gains in the local elections.
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New Reform councillor forgets which party he is in following election Freudian slip
A Reform UK councillor was mocked on Friday after confusing his party with UKIP – which he previously represented – in what appeared to be a Freudian slip.
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Starmer says ’tough’ election results won’t weaken his resolve to stay on as PM
Sir Keir Starmer has admitted a night of major losses for Labour in yesterday’s elections has been ‘tough’ – but vowed to stay on as Prime Minister.
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Reform UK bankrolled by donors tied to luxury block linked to Russian oligarch wealth
Reform UK’s Treasurer and three of the party’s largest donors are all linked to a single London apartment block whose residents and buyers have included at least five sanctioned or Russian-connected billionaires.
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Reform UK candidate accused of mocking disabled residents in alleged Facebook messages
Media has received a series of Facebook messages and posts from a Reform UK candidate appearing to mock disabled residents.
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Reform hopeful blames "Nigerian scammers" for vile racist posts on his Twitter
A wannabe Reform councillor standing in a key battleground despite initially failing vetting over racist posts claims he was a victim of Nigerian scammers.
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Keir Starmer under pressure as Britain votes in major local elections
Polling has opened across England, Scotland, and Wales in a series of local, mayoral, and parliamentary contests – the biggest electoral test Keir Starmer and the Labour government have faced since the 2024 general election.
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Reform UK silent as Nigel Farage faces questions over photo with convicted church attacker and far-right figures
Reform UK has repeatedly declined to respond to medias questions about why its leader, Nigel Farage, met and was photographed with a group of far-right activists, including a man later convicted of violently storming an anti-racism meeting at a church.
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Scotland’s political funding exposed: billionaires and business elites bankroll parties
You probably haven’t heard of him, but one out of every five pounds banked by Scottish parties came from his fortune. Robin MacGeachy’s wealth was made in the obscure business of gas generators for science labs, and he’s used it to become the biggest money man ahead of this election.
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Reform eyes power as polls show dramatic surge ahead of regional elections
James Buchan, a former fisherman in the Scottish port of Peterhead, has swallowed his hostility towards Nigel Farage.
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Nigel Farage accused of dodging scrutiny after pulling out of TV interview amid £5m row
Nigel Farage has been accused of "dodging scrutiny days before crucial local elections" after dropping out of a planned TV interview on Sunday.
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Farage’s £5m gift sparks probe calls as critics question undeclared cash
The former Labour spin doctor complained that the seven-figure sum given to him by Reform donor Christopher Harborne is "not even on the news".
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Reform leader under investigation after failing to declare £5m donation for personal security
Nigel Farage has been referred to the Parliamentary standards watchdog after he admitted to receiving a £5m donation from a Thai-based billionaire to enhance his security.
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Letterbox firebomb plot against Farage exposed as mystery millions fund protection
Nigel Farage has revealed he was the victim of a firebombing attack at his home last year, as it emerged he was sent a ‘gift’ of £5 million by a supporter to go towards security.
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Nigel Farage says he is “starting to worry” about Donald Trump’s judgment amid Middle East tensions
Nigel Farage says he is "starting to worry slightly" about the judgment of Donald Trump amid mounting UK-US tensions over the conflict in the Middle East.
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‘Sausage fingers and nonsense slogans’: Tice’s campaign photo sparks AI manipulation row
Extra fingers, melted faces, and jumbled signs. This isn’t your typical group of political canvassers.
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Nigel Farage slams Elon Musk’s X as ‘unpleasant and dangerous’ amid abuse row over Reform UK candidates
Social media platform X is becoming a very “unpleasant” and “dangerous” place, Nigel Farage has said in a swipe at former friend Elon Musk.
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Farage under pressure as party candidates accused of spreading deadly Covid misinformation
Families who lost loved ones in the Covid pandemic have written to Nigel Farage, after a Byline Times‘ investigation revealed that one of the party’s local election candidates branded the coronavirus crisis a “staged event”.
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Starmer faces pressure over claims Mandelson appointment bypassed security advice
The Foreign Office is “working urgently” to comply with a request by the Prime Minister to establish the facts around how vetting was granted for Mandelson to become ambassador to the US.
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Farage’s Reform candidate under fire for Covid misinformation and claims the Queen was a “fraud”
One of Nigel Farage’s Reform candidates promoted a Covid conspiracy theory – and even labeled the late Queen a “fraud” who should be overthrown.
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Nigel Farage campaigner exposed for praising Adolf Hitler and denying Holocaust
A Reform local elections campaigner whose tanning salon was visited by Nigel Farage praised Adolf Hitler, we can reveal.
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Nigel Farage buys £2m bitcoin stake as crypto ties with Reform deepen amid political scrutiny
A major cryptocurrency company has announced that Nigel Farage has made a £2m purchase of bitcoin in a strengthening of ties with the sector.
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Farage calls post-2021 migration a ‘fiscal time bomb’ threatening UK economy
Boris Johnson introduced more liberal immigration policies to address workforce shortages in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.