Farage: Foreign donations row is ‘loose pub talk’ September 4, 2026 Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has shrugged off concerns over comments made by senior party figures on accepting foreign donations via middle men, describing their behaviour as “loose pub talk”. Reform has faced a gruelling 24 hours after a Channel 4 investigation filmed Farage’s chief of staff Dan Jukes and Reform’s head of policy Dr [...]
‘If that isn’t a business interest, I don’t know what is’ – Reform in donor sting crisis September 4, 2026 Two senior Reform UK figures have stepped down after an undercover investigation appeared to show them arranging a donor to pay for polling in a potential breach of electoral law. Reform’s head of policy James Orr and Dan Jukes, a top aide to Nigel Farage, stood down pending the result of an internal probe that [...]
Farage vows to call ‘national emergency’ on day one September 3, 2026 Nigel Farage would call a “national emergency” to highlight the country’s woes after successive Tory and Labour governments. Under plans proposed by a Reform government, Farage would make MPs sit in parliament seven days a week to pass bills written by the government, including through the summer. At a speech on Friday at the Reform [...]
‘They want business on board’: How Reform UK is wooing City chiefs at its conference September 1, 2026 Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is on a mission to win over businesses before the next election. Maurício Alencar and Ali Lyon report on how the party’s upcoming conference in Birmingham could determine its political future. By the time Britain’s executives descend on the Reform UK party conference this week, many will already be well-acquainted with [...]
Vodafone and Deliveroo look to patch up Reform ties after Yusuf prison threats September 1, 2026 Vodafone and Deliveroo will dispatch senior representatives to the Reform UK conference this week despite the party publicly threatening to send their bosses to prison. Telecoms giant Vodafone, operating under its UK banner Vodafonethree, will host a fringe event at the Reform’s annual jamboree even after home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf warned chief executive Margherita [...]
Reform sidelines crypto industry at pivotal conference August 28, 2026 Reform UK is set to sideline crypto companies at its conference next week and cut the industry’s access to senior figures after backlash over Nigel Farage’s £5m gift from a bitcoin billionaire, City AM can reveal. Reform was an early champion of the digital currency and tokenisation industries, which have been a mainstay at previous [...]
Jenrick: Welfare cuts worth £50bn allows us to ‘sustainably pay’ triple lock pension August 17, 2026 Reform UK’s Robert Jenrick has said a £50bn welfare cut plan allows the state to “sustainably pay” for the triple lock pension. In a press conference on Monday, Jenrick said plans to strip welfare from around 3m people, including foreign nationals, would be the biggest overhaul of the benefits system in a generation. Jenrick said [...]
The Burnham bounce won’t last unless Brits get better off August 12, 2026 Andy Burnham’s approval ratings are soaring but Labour’s overall vote has only moved moderately. The real test will be the Budget, says Matthew Lesh Andy Burnham has undoubtedly had a significantly stronger start to his premiership than Keir Starmer. Just two years ago, the government got off to a rotten beginning by signalling tax rises [...]
The City is awash with talk of an early general election August 12, 2026 Every month since January 2025 we’ve run a nationwide survey of UK voters, with our polling partners Freshwater Strategy. The latest set of results, our 20th survey of voters’ attitudes, landed on Monday and I’ve been going through the data. Here’s an interesting development: For 19 consecutive months we’ve asked voters whether they felt the [...]
The Debate: Is Count Binface funny? August 12, 2026 You won't catch our comment editor cracking a smile at the intergalactic space warrior, but is Count Binface entirely unfunny?