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Reform party UK

  • Thursday, 2 January, 2025
    Robert Shrimsley
    Farage and why Badenoch does not have time to ‘watch this space’

    Chatter about a Boris Johnson return illuminates the depth of the Conservative party’s funk

    An Ann Kiernan illustration of Kemi Badenoch standing on an iceberg that is being circled by sharks
  • Friday, 27 December, 2024
    Farage threatens action against Tory leader in row over membership numbers

    Reform UK leader demands an apology from Kemi Badenoch over accusation the party had produced ‘fake’ data

    Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage
  • Thursday, 26 December, 2024
    Farage and Badenoch trade claims of fake party membership figures

    Reform UK says it has surpassed the Conservatives with more than 135,000 members

    Nigel Farage, MP for Clacton and leader of Reform UK, centre, attends the Old Surrey, Burstow and West Kent hunt in Chiddingstone, England on Thursday
  • Monday, 23 December, 2024
    Kemi Badenoch
    Donation by Musk to Reform UK would be ‘counterproductive’, says Tory leader

    British people ‘don’t necessarily like to see politics being bought’, warns Kemi Badenoch

    Conservative party leader Kemi Badenoch
  • Sunday, 22 December, 2024
    Nick Candy vows to help Reform disrupt British politics ‘like we have never seen’

    Property developer claims more billionaires are joining Elon Musk in backing the party

    Reform UK leader Nigel Farage (left)  with property tycoon Nick Candy, who is defecting to Reform UK
  • Friday, 20 December, 2024
    UK politics
    Limit foreign political donations, says UK government’s ethical adviser

    Call comes after reports that Elon Musk could make large gift to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK

    Elon Musk met Nigel Farage, right, and new Reform UK party treasurer Nick Candy, left, at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida this week
  • Friday, 20 December, 2024
    Inside Politics
    ‘Fake news’ is not the only problem with political debate on TikTok

    Decontextualised opinions on short-form video apps lose the facts and nuance needed to make educated decisions

    Nigel Farage in a pub in Clacton in England
  • Wednesday, 18 December, 2024
    UK politics
    Senior Tory urges Elon Musk not to back Reform UK

    Andrew Griffith showers praise on Tesla billionaire before asking him to also consider the Conservatives

    The three men stand below a portrait of a young Donald Trump wearing cricket gear
  • Wednesday, 18 December, 2024
    ExplainerElon Musk
    Can Elon Musk become a major backer of Farage’s Reform UK?

    Tech billionaire is giving ‘serious thought’ to donating to populist party

    Elon Musk
  • Tuesday, 17 December, 2024
    Musk giving ‘serious thought’ to donating to Reform UK, says Farage

    Party leader meets tech billionaire at Mar-a-Lago as he seeks to boost ties with incoming US administration

    Reform treasurer Nick Candy, Elon Musk and Nigel Farage at Mar-a-Lago in Florida on Monday
  • Friday, 13 December, 2024
    UK politics
    Reform UK calls for Thames Water to be renationalised

    Populist party’s deputy leader says heavily indebted utility should ‘be put out of its misery’

    Thames Water vans parked on a road in London, England
  • Thursday, 12 December, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Farage may disrupt the story of UK elections, but not its usual ending

    Labour polls poorly now because it is taking unpopular decisions, but history points to a second term in power

    Nigel Farage and property tycoon Nick Candy
  • Thursday, 12 December, 2024
    UK politics
    Can Farage turn Reform into a serious contender for government?

    Support for the rightwing populist party is growing fast but its path to power remains rocky

    Montage shows Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch against a data background
  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2024
    Property magnate Nick Candy joins Reform UK in latest Tory defection

    Former Conservative donor promises to raise ‘tens of millions’ as he takes on role of party treasurer

    Nigel Farage and Nick Candy outside Millbank TV studios in London
  • Friday, 6 December, 2024
    UK political party funding
    Nigel Farage’s biggest backer tried to send donation via associate

    Christopher Harborne wanted to avoid perception that party only had one big supporter, according to messages

    Christopher Harborne
  • Wednesday, 4 December, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Wales the happy hunting ground for Reform

    Labour is still likely to hold on to power in the Senedd

    Richard Tice and Nigel Farage
  • Thursday, 14 November, 2024
    UK political party funding
    JCB boss funded £8,000 helicopter flight for Nigel Farage

    Donation ahead of meeting came days before Bamford urged Tories to do deal with Reform UK leader

    Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, left, and Lord Anthony Bamford
  • Thursday, 17 October, 2024
    Conservative party UK
    Badenoch attacks Jenrick on Europe as UK Tory leadership contest heats up

    Former business secretary says her rival’s plan to take Britain out of the ECHR would be divisive

    Kemi Badenoch takes part in the televised Tory leadership debate
  • Monday, 7 October, 2024
    Conservative party UK
    Mel Stride to back James Cleverly in Conservative leadership race

    Expected endorsement comes ahead of Tory MPs voting this week to eliminate two of remaining contenders

    Mel Stride and James Cleverly
  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    UK political party conferences
    Tory brand is ‘bust and broken’, Farage tells Reform conference

    Deputy leader Richard Tice says party campaign in next UK election will target ‘extreme cult of net zero’

    Reform UK leader Nigel Farage on stage during the opening day of his party conference in Birmingham
  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    Reform MP faces backlash for giving away salary

    Rupert Lowe promised to donate £5,000 a month to good causes in his constituency

    Rupert Lowe, the newly elected MP for Great Yarmouth
  • Thursday, 19 September, 2024
    Nigel Farage to give up ownership of Reform UK

    Leader will ‘surrender’ shares in efforts to normalise party structure

    Nigel Farage
  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    Robert Shrimsley
    Westminster’s big two and the new race for political space

    The UK’s duopoly of Labour and Conservatives has never looked more vulnerable

    Three people - one green one yellow and one blue - pull on a rope that is tied around Big Ben, which is coloured in blue and red and leans towards the ground
  • Wednesday, 4 September, 2024
    Robert Shrimsley
    Conservatives need a leader who can battle irrelevance

    The contest to head up the defeated party must establish the Tories as the only serious opposition

    Ewan White illustration of a person talking through a megaphone with a sticker of the Union Jack on it.
  • Friday, 23 August, 2024
    Inside Politics
    Reader Q&A: Lessons from 2017, Labour’s recipe for re-election and Reform’s potential

    The first part in a series tackling subscribers’ questions

    Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May
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