'Fightback has begun': Farage-led Reform UK reshapes political scene

Portrait of the week: Reform party’s victories, Duke of Sussex’s defeat and Deliveroo’s takeover

Home In a day that upset the apple cart of party politics, Reform won the Runcorn and Helsby by-election by six votes, with 38.72 per cent of the vote, compared with Labour’s 52.9 per cent last year. Of 1,641 wards in England up for election, Reform won 677. The Tories lost 676, winning only 317.

How Reform UK has upended British politics

“Guess who’s back again?” After Britain left the European Union in 2020, much of Westminster hoped that they had seen the last of Nigel Farage. But the veteran Brexiteer is dominating British politics...

Reform's locals victory was no fluke

There is no other way to describe it. Reform best us all. The polls in April had put the party on 25 per cent. But after the local elections it is likely that Reform would poll at something closer to 30 per cent. If a general election were held now, the party would overwhelm the House of Commons with 250 parliamentarians. Labour would flounder with 150. The Conservatives would come third with 100. Take heart, then, that the next general election…

Councils can deliver real change, but they need the Revenue Support Grant reinstated

Gavin Callaghan is a Labour councillor and leader of Basildon Council Across the country, Reform UK is sweeping into councils. It’s easy to be dismissive – chalk it up to protest votes, frustration, or low turnout. But to do so would be to miss the bigger picture. People are crying out for visible change in their communities. And they’re not seeing it. For Labour, this moment should be a wake-up call. A warning siren. And an opportunity. Because…

Starmer’s Wooing of Trump Helps Farage Dodge Anti-Populist Wave

The “Donald Trump factor” may have got Mark Carney’s Liberals over the line in Canada and helped reelect Anthony Albanese in Australia, but there’s at least one place where the populist right is still on the rise: the UK.

Reform UK will lead a Trump-inspired local policy with a focus on anti-immigration and anti-woke measures, asks expert. The election result heralds a new political reality in Britain.