The Latest Breaking News from Reform UK

Charlie Falconer says government was right to challenge Epping hotel ruling but now has to ‘move forward’

Labour’s former lord chancellor, Lord Falconer, said people expected action.

It is understood an investigation will look at whether Paul Bean of Durham council breached civil service code

Ruling has bought government time to plan closures but Farage and Tories have more fuel for their grievances

Letters: We are on the road to serious racial conflict, says Simon Rew. Plus letters from Paula Jones, Raj Parkash, Kevin Lloyd, Dr Ian Flintoff and Robert McNulty

Durham council says strong rope on bunting was found to be a risk, amid controversy over flag-flying across England

A FORMER Scottish Labour and Tory candidate has joined Reform UK, The National can reveal.

Reform UK has laid out plans for an “emergency programme” to address illegal immigration. The party argues its plans, which include expanding immigration detention capacity from the current roughly 2,200 places to 24,000, would enable the deportation of up to 600,000 people over a parliamentary term.

A survey for the Chartered Institute of Public Relations found 20% of lobbying firms plan to attend Reform UK’s annual conference this September.

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Merseyside chief constable, who is retiring, also dismisses claims asylum seekers are to blame for a crime wave