If there were such a thing as landslide victories for local elections, Reform could easily claim to have won one in 2025. Out of the 1,641 seats available, Nigel Farage’s party came away with 677 – that’s more than 41%. The Liberal Democrats came second with 370 (a net gain of 163). Overall, only a…
Voters go the the polls in England on Thursday in the first big test at the ballot box for political parties since Labour won the general election. A total of 1,641 council seats are up for grabs across 23 local authorities, while four regional mayors and two local mayors will be elected. A parliamentary by-election…
SCUNTHORPE, England — Tucking into tea and cake in the spring sunshine, Nigel Farage glows with anticipation and big ambitions. The man who helped drag Britain out of the European Union wants Reform U.K. to displace the Conservatives as the country’s main party on the right, challenge left-of-center Labor for power and ultimately reach the prime minister’s…
Buoyed by support from the Sun, Reform UK is eyeing hundreds of local council seats in next month’s polls Nigel Farage hopes his Reform UK party can take seats from both Labour and the Conservatives. Artwork by Hyphen. Photographs by Martin Pope/Getty Images, Peter Byrne/Getty Images, Carl Court/Getty Images There’s a striking image doing the…
“Conservative girl” makeup recently has gone viral for all the wrong reasons: over-application, mismatched foundation, cavalier disregard for god-given brow density. But is conservative fashion similarly uninspired? And is it the same across the world as it is in the United States? There are numerous places to turn for examples in the U.S., but you…
Reform is set to take control of Doncaster, where Energy Security Ed Miliband is an MP, from Labour at the local elections in May, according to a recent poll. The poll, conducted by Electoral Calculus for The Telegraph, predicts that Reform will take control of eight councils in less than seven weeks’ time, with the Conservatives…
New Delhi: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni launched a scathing critique of what she describes as a “liberal network,” accusing the Left of hypocrisy and of reacting with “hysteria” to the rise of conservative leaders globally. Speaking via video link at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington DC on Saturday, PM Meloni praised…
By DAVID WILCOCK, DEPUTY POLITICAL EDITOR FOR MAILONLINE Published: 13:32 GMT, 28 January 2025 | Updated: 13:35 GMT, 28 January 2025 Ministers have rejected demands for a blanket ban on mobile phones in classrooms amid fears they are damaging educational standards. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has rejected a Tory call for tougher action to limit…
The Tories will push for a ban on smartphones in schools to be included in the Government’s education Bill. The Conservatives are tabling an amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill to end the use of mobile phones and other devices during school days by pupils. It is understood that the Labour Government has…
Dozens of Labour MPs have betrayed their rural constituencies by voting against the Tories’ motion to save family farms from Sir Keir Starmer’s inheritance tax raid. MPs opposed the Conservative Party opposition day motion by 339 votes to 181, after a debate with cross-party opposition to the tax plans. Shadow Environment Secretary Victoria Atkins pleaded…