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It is not the cryptocurrencies message that is raising eyebrows, it is Reform’s broader tax and spending policies

The latest Electoral Calculus forecast shows Nigel Farage would have a 74-seat majority if an election were held tomorrow

Exclusive: Calculations for The Independent reveal the richest tenth of the population would gain almost four times as much as the poorest 10 per cent from Reform’s tax plans

The chancellor is expected to change how the government assesses spending plans to benefit the north and Midlands

His tax-and-spending maths may be bonkers, but while Labour dithers, the Reform leader knows just what his voters want, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

COMMENT: The prime minister looks as if he is being pushed around by Reform, but he is taking the fight to them on issues that matter to the voters, writes John Rentoul

Nigel Farage’s tax and spend plans are ‘Liz Truss all over again’, prime minister tells workers in Merseyside

The Prime Minister has been scathing in his criticism of the Reform leader.

There was, obviously, about Nigel Farage’s launch of Reform’s programme for government, a Tinkerbell element. Clap, children, if you believe that a tax threshold starting at £20,000, no limits on child benefits and the restoration of the winter fuel allowance, can all be funded from scrapping hotels for asylum seekers,…

Prime minister says ‘you cannot trust Farage with your future and your jobs’ as he gives speech in north-west England

Nigel Farage is ‘using your family finances as a gambling chip on his mad experiment’, prime minister will say