PA Media Reform UK leader Nigel Farage’s publicly-funded security detail has been cut by 75%, the party’s head of policy has claimed. Zia Yusuf said the decision had been taken two weeks ago by parliamentary officials for “inexplicable reasons”, with party donors stepping in to “ensure that his security is shored up”. The Commons authorities...
Brian WheelerPolitical reporter Starmer questions if Reform wants to serve “our beautiful, tolerant, diverse country” Sir Keir Starmer has launched an all-out attack on Nigel Farage’s “politics of grievance”, claiming the Reform UK leader did not believe in Britain. The prime minister sought to contrast his vision of a “tolerant, decent, respectful Britain” with what...
Starmer questions if Reform wants to serve “our beautiful, tolerant, diverse country” Sir Keir Starmer was last year’s big winner at the general election. This year saw the prime minister sharpening his argument against Nigel Farage and – by extension – against those within his own party, from the cabinet down, who fret he’s not...
Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy rowed back on claims Nigel Farage “flirted with Hitler Youth”. Lammy’s comments were an apparent reference to allegations that emerged in 2013 that Farage sang Nazi songs as a teenager. The Reform UK leader denied the allegations at the time, which centred on a claim that as a schoolboy in...
Matt ChorleyPresenter, BBC Radio 5 Live Getty Images “Know yourself and know your enemy,” wrote Sun Tzu, the Chinese military adviser from the 6th century BC. “In a hundred battles, you will never be defeated.” Sir Keir Starmer might not quite have 100 battles, but he’s got a fair few on his hands: with his...
It is less than a year since the prime minister set out his “six milestones” – goals against which he wanted to be judged come the next election. At the time, immigration did not feature as a priority. Now, it is front and centre. That shift is largely due to the rise of Nigel Farage,...
Paul SeddonPolitical reporter EPA/Shutterstock Nigel Farage has escalated his calls for the Bank of England to halt its bond-selling programme, in his first formal meeting with its governor. Reform UK argues the process, known as quantitative tightening, is saddling the taxpayer with billions in losses and pushing up government debt costs. Its deputy leader Richard...
Paul SeddonPolitical reporter Ed Davey: UK would become Trump’s America if Farage took power Sir Ed Davey has vowed to lead the fight against Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, as he accused him of wanting to turn the UK into “Trump’s America” in a speech to the Liberal Democrat conference. Painting a nightmarish vision of what...