The Latest Breaking News from Nigel Farage

REFORM UK have polled above both Labour and the Conservatives for the first time ...

The proportion of people saying the UK was heading in the wrong direction has fallen to the same level as just before the election.

Exclusive: The weekly Techne UK tracker poll has Labour, the Tories and Reform UK all within one point of one another at the top

One MP for Nigel Farage’s party, Lee Anderson, posted a picture of a noose on his X account, adding: ‘No apologies here. This is what is required!’, while prime minister Sir Keir Starmer said Rudakubana would ‘likely never be released’

Donald Trump’s former senior advisor believes Elon Musk’s tweets have damaged the president’s view of Nigel Farage.

It comes after Trump insiders told The Independent that the new US administration believes it has Sir Keir’s government “over a barrel” on trade as Britain becomes increasingly reliant on a US deal

Brief letters: Collier comparison | Trump photos | Michele Hanson’s advice | David Hockney in Bradford | ‘What’s the matter, Horne?’

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: By poisoning the well of journalism, phone-hacking undermined confidence in a trade that tries, for all its faults, to hold the powerful to account. Harry’s private battle has had a knock-on effect in aiding democracy – which needs a free press people can trust

Although it will impinge on the consciousness of few, the appointment of the next UK ambassador to the US is growing into a crisis. It would not do for the involvement of Peter Mandelson in anything to pass without some controversy, but the difficulties emerging around his scheduled departure to…

In today’s newsletter: Amid far-right disinformation and claims of a cover-up, Keir Starmer has ordered a public inquiry to address the issues and prevent future tragedies; but how did things escalate so fast?

PM offers balanced, considered response to a hideous crime, but as usual Nigel Farage doesn’t get the memo