THE leader of the Liberal Democrats at Lichfield District Council says Reform UK proposals for local government reorganisation would not work. An option is being considered for Staffordshire which would see an east and west unitary authority created. The move would mean Lichfield and Burntwood being merged into councils with areas including Tamworth, East Staffordshire,…
The Reform candidate for Caerphilly said people should focus on the ‘substance’ of the letter and not where the person who wrote it is from Reform UK leader Nigel Farage during a press conference in Caerphilly as he announces Llyr Powell (right) as the party candidate(Image: PA) Reform UK has sent “misleading” campaign letters to…
A demonstration of the difference between being in government and opposition hung from the ceiling at Reform UK’s annual party conference, which kicked off in Birmingham on September 5th. “Are you safe from the wealth tax?” asked a sign looming over delegates, alongside a grinning picture of Nigel Farage holding a gold coin. It was…
Nigel Farage doesn’t waste any time when limelight is at stake. At 11.44am on Friday, just seven minutes after news began to filter through that British deputy prime minister Angela Rayner had quit, the Reform UK leader made an unscheduled entrance to his party’s annual conference. He wasn’t about to let Rayner soak up the…
Reform UK’s deputy leader has defended a ban on a local newspaper handed down by a council leader in a free speech row. Nottinghamshire County Council leader Mick Barton banned its Reform councillors, who hold 41 of 66 seats, from speaking to journalists from the Nottingham Post, its digital site Nottinghamshire Live and its local…
By 2021, Brexit was finally done. And so was Farage. “This has taken away the better part of my adult life,” he said as he announced he was quitting as leader of his anti-immigration party Reform UK. “I’m done.” Now Farage is back—and Reform UK is currently leading in the polls—largely thanks to an unexpected…
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has continued its summertime dominance of Britain’s political agenda by unveiling its first member of the current Scottish parliament (MSP). Graham Simpson has defected to the upstart anti-immigration party from the Scottish Conservatives, whose position looks increasingly precarious in advance of next May’s crucial Holyrood elections. Mr Farage, a day after…
Nigel Farage has promised the mass deportation of irregular migrants in Britain, as he vowed to take the UK out of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The Reform UK leader said his party would also disapply the 1951 UN Refugee Convention for a five-year period, along with “any other barriers” that would prevent…
The Online Safety Act is the latest wedge issue in British politics. The act was passed through parliament in 2023, but only came into effect in recent days. Its objective is to protect children from exposure to harmful content on the internet. One of the main provisions of the act is that age verification requirements…
Reform UK’s new justice adviser has called for the UK to introduce US-style “supermax” prisons. Vanessa Frake, a former prison governor, said it would be “relatively easy” to convert some of the nation’s existing high-security facilities. She made the comments as she announced she had formally joined Reform to play a leading role in the…