Home Office to clamp down on visa overstays amid pressure from Farage May 6, 2025 New Home Office rules would put curbs on work and study visas from nationalities most at risk of overstaying and going on to claim asylum as part of Labour’s push to reduce net migration. Applications from Pakistanis, Nigerians and Sri Lankans are among those set to be restricted, according to a report in The Times. [...]
Kemi Badenoch must quit now to save the Conservative Party May 5, 2025 Last week’s local election results were an extinction-level event for the Conservative Party. To prevent Nigel Farage becoming the real leader of the British right, Kemi Badenoch must resign now, says William Atkinson Amid stiff competition from their Canadian and Australian counterparts, the Conservatives’ local election disaster was the worst performance for a centre-right party [...]
Reform picks up new MP and first ever mayoralty May 2, 2025 Reform UK has crystallised months of strong polling data into substantial gains at the local elections, winning a knife-edge by-election and securing its first mayoralty. Nigel Farage’s party won in Runcorn and Helsby by just six votes, with Sarah Pochin elected as its new MP – replacing former Labour MP Mike Amesbury, who was convicted [...]
Pandering to Reform won’t revive the Conservative Party, it will kill it April 26, 2025 The Conservative Party doesn't need to unite with Reform, it needs to remember what it stands for, writes Aaron Newbury.
Rupert Lowe asks Nigel Farage to ‘have dinner’ after Reform UK suspension March 8, 2025 Rupert Lowe has asked Nigel Farage to “have dinner” with him after he lost the Reform UK whip following allegations of threatening violence towards the party chairman. The party reported the Great Yarmouth MP to the police, and Scotland Yard has said a complaint of “verbal threats” made on Thursday about an alleged incident last [...]
This International Women’s Day, spare a thought for men March 7, 2025 International Women’s Day is a great opportunity to celebrate the success of elite women, but a proper discussion of gender inequality should also take account of where real disadvantage lies: with young men, says Alys Denby This Saturday is International Women’s Day and every comms professional in London has duly pitched these pages inspirational examples [...]
Reform UK overtakes Labour in City AM poll for first time March 3, 2025 Reform UK has overtaken Labour on voting intention for the first time in City AM‘s monthly tracking of UK voters. Reform came top of the monthly voting intention tracker with 27 per cent, versus Labour’s 24 per cent and the Conservatives’ 23 per cent, according to the poll by City AM Freshwater Strategy poll. The [...]
London 2012 Team GB boxer becomes Reform UK mayoral candidate February 28, 2025 London 2012 Olympic gold medallist boxer Luke Campbell will stand for Reform UK in the upcoming Hull and East Yorkshire mayoral election. Campbell, bantamweight Olympic champion in London, is the sixth candidate to be declared for the May election. In boxing bantamweight is for fighters who are 51kg to 54kg and all four world title [...]
Why are so many young men turning to Reform February 10, 2025 Young men are flocking to Reform because Nigel Farage is telling them what they want to hear: That they have a voice and it matters, says Oliver Dean British politics appears to have been tipped on its head. Young men who were once considered a sure thing for Labour are now flocking to Reform UK. [...]
The Capitalist: Tory lemonade, Mrs T the opera and Netflix’s creativity crisis February 6, 2025 Tory lemonade, a Margaret Thatcher opera and Netflix comes out fighting: catch up on the latest gossip in The Capitalist.