Ant Middleton backs Reform UK’s Robert Kenyon in Makerfield byelection
Endorsement by former soldier, despite party’s apparent efforts to distance itself from him, is likely bid to attract Restore Britain votersReform UK’...
Unions rebuff Farage and say Reform ‘cosplaying’ as workers’ champions
TUC, GMB and Unison leaders reject invitation to affiliate to Reform amid rising support for party among their membersUK politics live – latest update...
Badenoch to vow to scrap public sector equality duty in effort to fend off Reform
In speech on Tuesday, Tory leader will claim obligation to consider equality being used to advance ‘divisive agendas’Kemi Badenoch will vow to scrap t...
Zelenskyy hopes Reform UK councils will allow Ukraine flags to be flown again
Exclusive: Ukrainian president says ‘small mistake can break a big friendship’ in wide-ranging interview with GuardianVolodymyr Zelenskyy has said the...
Reform UK raising millions more than other parties, donation figures show
Farage’s party brings in £9m largely from crypto billionaires in three months, more than twice that of Labour and Tories• UK politics live – latest up...
Reform UK support could plateau as it relies on socially conservative views, study finds
Party could struggle to push ratings as strategy increasingly focuses on views held by minority of voters, research findsReform UK is becoming increas...
Green leaders warn party it must listen to Reform voters’ concerns to tackle inequality
Zack Polanski and Caroline Lucas say party must seek to understand why disenfranchised electorate were attracted to Nigel Farage’s partyThe current an...
‘This is so pathetic’: Reform and Restore Britain lock horns in Makerfield byelection buildup
Spurred on by Elon Musk, the two rightwing parties spent the week taking potshots at each other. We look back at who hurled which insult at whomIt’s b...
Brexiters peddled ‘nationalistic pish’, said Reform UK’s Makerfield candidate
Robert Kenyon castigated Brexit as an economically self-harming project on rugby league forum in 2016Reform UK’s candidate for the Makerfield byelecti...
Calls for Barnsley Reform councillor to resign over apparent swastika tattoo
Publicly accessible Facebook images dating back to 2018 appear to show the symbol on Andy Arnold’s armA newly elected Reform UK councillor in Barnsley...
Reform UK spending on Facebook ads surged before May elections
Party spent £252,000 in last two weeks of campaign on its main Facebook pages compared with Labour’s £276,000UK politics live – latest updatesReform U...
Reform civil service plan ‘would sack more planning officers than exist’
Analysis of party’s proposed cuts also suggests it would get rid of two-thirds of psychologists who support prison staffA Reform UK plan to cut the si...
Reform UK’s Makerfield byelection candidate appeared to doubt seriousness of Covid on X
Robert Kenyon has been linked to vaccine scepticism and advised a person with the virus to ‘stop having boosters’The Reform UK candidate in this month...
Carol Vorderman demands apology from Reform candidate over ‘disgusting comments’
Broadcaster describes Robert Kenyon, who is standing in the upcoming Makerfield byelection, as a misogynist and a ‘cowardly man’ Carol Vorderman has d...
Reform MP refuses to say whether Farage should produce evidence for Russian hack claim
Danny Kruger says matter is ‘private’, after party leader claimed hack was behind Guardian story about £5m giftA senior Reform UK figure has refused t...
Andy Burnham to back electoral reform if he becomes prime minister
Manchester mayor and Labour’s Makerfield byelection candidate wants to make politics ‘less point-scoring, more problem-solving’UK politics live – late...
Rachel Reeves tells foul-mouthed Reform UK heckler good manners matter
Chancellor wins support from Conservative Mel Stride, while Farage says he’d ‘like to buy man a pint’UK politics live – latest updatesRachel Reeves su...
Tories suspend leader at Worcestershire council after he made deal to oust Reform
Adam Kent suspended after Tory councillors joined forces with Greens and Lib Dems to end Reform’s minority controlThe Conservatives have suspended the...
