Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party is offering non-doms full exemption from tax on their overseas assets for a fee of £250,000 ($335,000) every 10 years with the revenue redistributed to lower income workers, drawing a new battle line with Britain’s traditional parties. Farage’s proposal pits him against both the Conservatives, which last year abolished non-dom…
The Reform UK leader has repeatedly heaped praise upon the former Tory PM – whose disastrous mini-budget crashed the economy and sent mortgages spiralling 19:54, 31 May 2025Updated 19:57, 31 May 2025 Nigel Farage is a big fan of Liz Truss(Image: AFP via Getty Images) Nigel Farage would lock Britain into a “Truss-style doom loop”,…
Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín focused his keynote speech at the party’s ardfheis predominantly on Government waste. He went on the offensive against the Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael leaders, telling delegates “Government incompetence is incinerating your money and slowing key projects to a halt”. Listing scandal after spending scandal, including the Leinster House €336,000 “Gucci”…
Representative Image (AI-generated) At the beginning of May, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution(BfV), Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, classified the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) as a “confirmed right-wing-extremist” party.The AfD is now challenging this decision in court. The BfV has announced that it will not use the extremism label until the…
LONDON: Britain hopes to secure a reset deal with the European Union on Monday that would boost defence and security cooperation, and smooth the arrival of people and also food into the bloc, its chief negotiator said on Sunday. Prime Minister Keir Starmer will host EU leaders in London on Monday in the most significant…
(Reuters) – British Prime Minister Keir Starmer raised the prospect that a youth mobility deal with the European Union will be struck next week, saying in an interview on Friday that this would not amount to a return to freedom of movement. Starmer will welcome EU leaders to London on Monday to help reset relations…
PADDOCK WOOD, ENGLAND – MAY 02: Leader of Reform UK Nigel Farage addresses supporters and the media (Image: Getty Images) Nigel Farage could pull off the unthinkable and lead Reform UK into Government — if he can push his party’s national support to at least 30%, a leading pollster has said. Chris Hopkins said the…
Thursday was defined by sweeping gains for Reform UK, which ultimately gained control of 10 councils, two mayoralties, and won 677 seats. Farage’s party also won the Westminster by-election for Runcorn and Helsby – one of Labour’s safest seats. Mark Broadhurst, who was elected as a councillor in the Hatfield ward of Doncaster, reposted an image of…
As Reform UK celebrates its latest successes in the local elections, speculation is rife about what its growth in popularity could mean for the party and its political fortunes. Both the Labour and Conservative parties were left bruised by the 2 May elections, with Labour losing the previously safe Runcorn and Helsby constituency in a…
Reform UK has emerged as an electoral force. Nigel Farage’s right-wing party won 10 councils, two mayoralties and a parliamentary by-election during Thursday’s polls. Wes Streeting, speaking for the government on Sunday, acknowledged Reform is “a real threat” to Labour and is being treated as a “serious opposition force”. “In that spirit,” Streeting added, “I…