Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds has admitted he is “disappointed” Donald Trump has slapped tariffs on the UK. He told LBC: “No country in the world has been exempted from the initial decisions, and that’s a decision that the President clearly wanted to take. “We have, I believe, the prospect of a really significant and interesting…
All eyes will be on Reform UK in May’s local elections according to experts, who predicted the insurgent party could score dramatic upset victories. Think tank the Local Government Information Unit said Nigel Farage’s party “has a lot to gain” as it named five key contests to watch, with Reform the challengers in four of…
Nigel Farage blasted Labour for “panic lies” over Reform UK in a speech at a rally tonight. The Reform UK leader warned that the establishment is “getting very scared” of his insurgent party ahead of the local elections on May 1. He told the audience at the Kent event: “I can tell that the establishment…
Efforts to reverse the suspension of local elections in England have been defeated in the House of Lords. Nine councils have had their elections delayed by one year while the Government reorganises local government. In a rare move, two so-called fatal motions were proposed by the Liberal Democrats and the Green Party in the upper…
Nigel Farage calls Reform UK’s party growth ‘truly extraordinary’ Nigel Farage will launch Reform UK’s local election campaign at the biggest political rally in modern history with 10,000 supporters expected to turn up. The leader predicted the insurgent party will win 200 council seats in the local elections from a standing start after a massive…
This fact check has been compiled by Full Fact, the UK’s largest fact checking charity working to find, expose and counter the harms of bad information. In recent weeks we’ve seen various different claims about local elections in May being “cancelled” or postponed — from politicians, in the media and on social media, where some…
Local elections scheduled across swathes of England later this year are set to be postponed for 12 months, in a move Reform UK leader Nigel Farage described as “outrageous” Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner announced the measure on Wednesday, in response to plans for a major overhaul of local government structures. According to the government,…
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has said it will hold the “biggest ever” political rally in modern British history, as it sets its sights on winning seats in town halls across the UK. The party is gearing up for the May 1 local and mayoral elections with a campaign launch rally at the Arena Birmingham, the…