The Latest Breaking News from Reform UK

Footage of Reform councillors fighting is further proof that uselessness abounds, but that’s almost moot. To voters they are very useful idiots, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

YOUR VIEWS: Our community say the turmoil engulfing Reform’s Kent County Council – where four councillors were suspended after a leaked video of leader Linden Kemkaran berating colleagues – offers a stark preview of the chaos a Nigel Farage-led government could bring to Westminster

Laure Ferrari faces criminal charges over IDDE misuse. Auditors flagged fake invoices and ghost salaries. Links to Farage's Reform UK and £885k home raise integrity fears amid 2025 probe revival.

Linden Kemkaran told members that KCC is a ‘shop window’ to show the country that Reform can govern well.

‘Reform's meetings are starting to sound more like an episode of The Traitors than the running of a major council,’ said a Lib Dem spokesman

It comes after video footage of a Kent County Council meeting was leaked over the weekend

In today’s newsletter: Trump’s stance on the war continues to oscillate while Zelenskyy’s infantry face gruelling stints at the ‘zero line’ amid increasingly lethal Russian attacks

Cambridge University’s James Orr was described as ‘a brilliant academic, theologian, thinker’ by Reform’s head of policy Zia Yusuf.

Exclusive: Survey finds 13% of British Indians back Nigel Farage’s party compared with only 4% at last election