Reform UK would evict social housing tenants over untidy gardens
Dismissed by others as ‘unserious and unworkable’ Social housing tenants who fail to keep their gardens and homes maintained would be evicted, Reform UK has announced. In a press conference on Monday, Chair Lee Anderson said that social renters would be required to keep their properties decorated and their gardens looked after, under a Reform […]
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Reform UK has taken £20m from crypto investors since 2024, more than half of all its donations
Where Reform UK’s crypto money came from When Nigel Farage talks about his party’s war chest, he tends to frame it as evidence of momentum: an insurgent outgrowing the establishment it wants to replace. The composition of that war chest is now under a rather different kind of scrutiny. Reform UK has received £20m in […]
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Reform UK wants taxpayers to help pay apprentices’ wages
Reform wants to shake up how young people enter the workforce Reform UK has unveiled plans to put public money towards the wages of younger apprentices, with the party announcing the proposal as thousands of teenagers received their GCSE results. Under the scheme, small and medium-sized businesses would receive a 30% rebate on the wages […]
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Richard Tice accused of being ‘completely out of touch’ after telling Britons to enjoy the heatwave
‘If English wine and sparkling wine gets better and better, fantastic’ Richard Tice has been accused of being “completely out of touch with the public”, following comments made about Brits and the heatwave. The Reform UK deputy leader told a Westminster press conference on Monday that Britons should stop being “doom and gloom” about climate […]
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Reform UK would strip foreign nationals of most benefits under £50bn welfare plan
Reform says welfare cuts could save billions Foreign nationals would be excluded from most benefits under a Reform UK government, the party said on Monday, in a welfare overhaul that would also capture EU citizens with settled status in Britain and require a renegotiation of the UK’s Brexit deal with Brussels. The party’s economy spokesman, […]
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Parliamentary watchdog immediately reopens Farage investigation after Clacton by-election
They didn’t waste any time The investigation into Nigel Farage over accusations that he failed to declare gifts and donations has resumed, the website of Parliament’s standards commissioner has confirmed in an update. Previously, the website stated that the process had been suspended from 8 July, when Farage resigned to stand for reelection in Clacton. […]
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