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Fact check: Reform UK’s NHS policy and Labour’s free breakfast clubs pledge

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard

‘They really are all horrible’: political anger marks Reform UK’s Runcorn win

Many voted for party as protest against government, while there is a growing trend of people detaching completely from politics

The Guardian - UK

Tories hail ‘significant’ mayoral election win after widespread losses

Party leader Kemi Badenoch previously warned the local elections would be tough for the Conservatives.

Evening Standard

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Farage hails Reform as ‘main opposition’ after gaining MP and councils

Reform UK has won Staffordshire and Lincolnshire councils from the Conservatives and taken control of Durham County Council.

The Independent UK

John Swinney stresses 'threat' of Nigel Farage after English elections

Scotland must be “alive” to the “threat” of Nigel Farage, the First Minister has said, after Reform UK’s strong performance in England’s…

The National (Scotland)

Swinney: Scotland must be alive to the threat of Farage after English elections

Scotland’s First Minister attacked Labour and the Tories for ‘cosying up’ to Reform, which performed strongly in local elections south of the border.

Evening Standard

Radical-right Reform party makes gains in UK elections

Leader Nigel Farage, a Trump ally, hopes to position anti-immigration party as significant political force in UK.

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Keir Starmer under fire from Labour MPs after byelection loss to Reform UK

Backbenchers accuse PM and his team of complacency, questioning policies and why he did not visit Runcorn

The Guardian - UK

Is Farage’s win a new dawn? We could ask Labour, but they’re still fast asleep

The local elections results tell us one clear thing: the ‘two main parties’ offer a change that actually changes nothing – and voters know it, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK

Reform's Andrea Jenkyns storms out of TV interview as she's grilled on comment about rival's 'South African accent'

Reform’s new Greater Lincolnshire mayor storms off as she accuses Sky News reporter of asking ‘divisive questions’

Evening Standard

What we have learned so far from England’s local elections and byelection

Results show gains for rightwing Reform UK party and move away from traditional Labour/Conservative duopoly

The Guardian - UK

Reform UK wins by-election by just six votes to gain fifth MP

Nigel Farage's right-wing populist party campaigned on an anti-immigration platform in Runcorn and Helsby, a constituency in northwest England.

Euronews

Why election wins by Nigel Farage's Reform UK could herald seismic shift in who governs Britain

Commentary: The rise of five-party politics means that gaining an overall Commons majority at general elections will become more difficult for any party

Evening Standard

'I get it': Keir Starmer responds to Reform UK's historic victory in by-election

Keir Starmer conceded Labour’s loss by just six votes to Reform UK in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election was “disappointing” and said the…

The National (Scotland)

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The Independent UK

Andrea Jenkyns: The opera-singing ex-Tory MP’s journey from working in Greggs to a radical Reform UK mayor

NEWS ANALYSIS: From swearing at protesters outside Downing Street to becoming the mayor of Lincolnshire in an election where opponents claimed she was not qualified to stand, Dame Andrea Jenkyns has had a career of controversy and drama like few others, says The Independent’s political editor David Maddox

Evening Standard

Who is Dame Andrea Jenkyns, Reform UK’s first regional mayor?

In a speech following her victory, the 50-year-old said there would be ‘an end to soft-touch Britain’.

The National (Scotland)

'No progress': Labour gains in Scotland have been lost, says polling expert

Gains Labour made last year when Sir Keir Starmer won a landslide Westminster election have “largely been lost”, a polling expert has said.

Evening Standard

Reform ‘now main opposition party’, says Farage

Sarah Pochin took the seat that Labour won with a majority of more than 14,000 last year by just six votes.

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Evening Standard

Labour has ‘largely lost’ its gains in Scotland, says polling expert

It came as a new poll found John Swinney’s SNP is on track to again be the largest party at Holyrood after next year’s election.

Evening Standard

UK’s new ‘StormShroud’ drones come into operation

The StormShroud air systems will be fitted with a high-tech signal jammer to disrupt enemy radar at long range.

The Independent UK

UK launches new RAF drone fleet to jam enemy radars at long range

The StormShroud air systems will fly alongside RAF crews on frontline missions

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Farage Delivers Brutal Blow to Starmer Declares He’s a Coward

Nigel Farage didn’t waste a second rubbing it in after Reform UK managed to wrestle the Runcorn and Helsby seat away from Labour by just six votes.

The National (Scotland)

Andrea Jenkyns becomes first Reform UK mayor as voters abandon Labour and Tories

Dame Andrea Jenkyns has been elected the first Reform UK mayor as voters in England were seen to abandon Labour and the Tories

The Guardian - UK

Reform UK is main opposition party, Nigel Farage claims after election wins

Farage says his party has overtaken Tories after securing byelection victory, mayoralty and council seats

The Independent UK

Farage has ‘broken new ground’ with Runcorn win, Britain’s top pollster John Curtice says

Nigel Farage never won a by-election afresh with Ukip, but has now done so for the first time with Reform UK

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