Nigel Farage has topped a 'best Prime Minister' poll as bookmakers make him the 3/1 favourite to be next PM ahead of the May 1st local elections. Can anything break the Reform leader's momentum?
Reform UK would be on course to win in May’s local elections – except Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has axed key votes. "They're terrified of us. The whole system is rotten," the party said.
The Reform civil war has further escalated after Ben Habib, who was ousted as Deputy Leader by Nigel Farage, is considering joining forces with suspended MP Rupert Lowe to form a new party in a challenge to Farage.
Reform UK was in meltdown last night after the party revealed it had stripped the whip from Rupert Lowe, one of its MPs, amid allegations of bullying staff and violent threats, which he denies, saying he has been "knifed".
Britain is at risk of tariffs from Donald Trump unless it eases its restriction on free speech, Nigel Farage has warned, adding pressure on Keir Starmer to reform the Online Safety Act.
Reform UK has taken aim at the Green Blob as it "puts the renewables industry on notice". Some have criticised its windfall tax proposal, but Ben Pile says it's smart politics as it will already be scaring away investors.
Angela Rayner has cancelled local elections this year for 5.5 million people amid growing outrage over steep council tax hikes in a move condemned by Reform leader Nigel Farage as his party gains in the polls.
Reform UK has topped a national opinion poll for the first time in the wake of the sentencing of the Southport killer as Nigel Farage's party declares: "No pacts, no deals. Reform is headed for Government."
Keir Starmer and the police were guilty of a "gigantic cover up" over the Southport murders, Nigel Farage has said, after Axel Rudakubana unexpectedly pleaded guilty today.
Tilak Doshi says Trump's "drill, baby, drill" energy policy may not be popular in Davos, but will be welcomed by leaders in the Global South, fed up with being lectured about carbon emissions by rich Western countries.
