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Wednesday briefing: What to expect in today’s spending review, from housing help to nuclear power

In today’s newsletter: Rachel Reeves is set to unveil the UK’s spending review, balancing major investments with tight budgets and tough fiscal decisions.

The Guardian - UK

Mother of Farage aide George Cottrell revealed as Reform UK’s biggest donor

Electoral Commission figures show Fiona Cottrell has given £750,000 in contributions to party over past year

The Guardian - UK

David Bull moves from warm-up act to centre stage as Reform UK chair

Former do-anything TV presenter appears a safe choice for role ‘as a conduit’ between party and its members

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Farage’s press conference tour is the ideal way to indulge his narcissism

Reform leader has taken to arranging press events for himself around the country on an almost daily basis

The Guardian - UK

Why ultra wealthy donors like Elon Musk and Zia Yusuf may just be fundamentally incompatible with the politics of the radical right

Former chairman Zia Yusuf has rejoined Reform after quitting days previously. Yusuf had said he no longer wanted to work to get the party into government when new MP Sarah Pochin called for a ban on burqas in the UK. However, he seems to have had a change of heart…

The Conversation

The political opportunism behind Reform UK’s support for abolition of the two-child limit on benefits

The leader of Reform UK, Nigel Farage, recently announced that if in government, his party would abolish the two-child limit on benefits. This social security policy restricts the payment of means-tested benefits to the first two children of a family.

The Conversation

New MSP says by-election win can be ‘springboard’ for Labour Holyrood victory

Davy Russell spoke out ahead of being sworn in as the MSP for Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse at the Scottish Parliament.

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Britain’s voters can’t resist a messy drama. How fortunate for Nigel Farage and Reform

Former party chair Zia Yusuf was out – then he was back in. But the chaos won’t dent the party’s poll ratings one tiny bit, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK

Who is David Bull? Former doctor and presenter made Reform UK chair

You might recognise him from the paranormal reality TV show Most Haunted Live!

Evening Standard

Rachel Reeves forced ‘to make £5bn cuts’ to balance books after spending review

Exclusive: Chancellor set to unveil Labour’s spending plans on Wednesday but researchers warn she will need to make £5bn of cuts by 2028/29 — even before finding the cash to restore winter fuel payments to pensioners

The Independent UK

Ex-Most Haunted Live! presenter David Bull revealed as new Reform chairman

Nigel Farage said the former doctor and Most Haunted Live! presenter would bring ‘terrific verve, energy, enthusiasm’ to the job

Evening Standard

Farage in crisis as Tories raise twice as much as Reform in political donations

Kemi Badenoch’s Conservatives have attracted big-money donors even as they sink in the polls behind Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, official figures show

The Independent UK

Former Most Haunted Live! presenter David Bull named new chairman of Reform UK

His appointment comes after businessman Zia Yusuf resigned from the position last week.

Evening Standard

David Bull: The doctor and former Most Haunted Live! presenter unveiled as new Reform UK chair

David Bull left the medical profession in 2009 as his television career took off, although his licence was temporarily restored to allow him to help out in the Covid crisis

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'Jumping the gun': Expert weighs in on BBC plan to win over Reform UK voters

The BBC is “taking its cue from Donald Trump” by proposing to alter its drama output in a bid to win the trust of Reform UK voters, an expert on…

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Labour’s tough choices: they are costing the government dearly

Editorial: Austerity-era scepticism runs deep – and Labour’s abstract promises are falling flat as Nigel Farage rises in the polls

The Guardian - UK

Trump has unleashed something terrifying in the US – that even he may be powerless to control

The protests in LA are what everyone feared, and a warning to countries that flirt with populism, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

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Why Farage is outperforming Starmer in the battle for working-class voters

Polling shows disconnect between voter perception and leaders’ backgrounds as Reform gains ground in Labour heartlands

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The National (Scotland)

'What is our vision?': Inside the quiet anger brewing within the SNP

Behind the scenes, SNP activists speak out about lost momentum, fading trust, and a leadership struggling to inspire

The Guardian - UK

Digital ID cards would be good for Britain – and a secret weapon for Labour against Reform

The BritCard project would cut down on bureaucracy, help guard our borders and prove Labour has pride in British identity, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Evening Standard

Nigel Farage says he has forgiven Zia Yusuf for resignation

Businessman Mr Yusuf returned to the party over the weekend, just 48 hours after he quit his position, saying he had made an ‘error’.

Evening Standard

Nigel Farage calls for ‘re-industrialisation’ of Wales

Nigel Farage has called for the blast furnaces in Port Talbot to be reopened and for Wales to start producing coal again.

The Guardian - UK

Nigel Farage’s pitch for Welsh elections: bring back coalmining

Reform leader says steel and coal industries can be revived but does not say how beyond ‘scrapping net zero’

Evening Standard

SNP came ‘frustratingly close’ to victory in Hamilton, says Swinney

The by-election was won by Scottish Labour’s Davy Russell.

The Independent UK

Reeves’ winter fuel payment U-turn shows Labour is running scared of Nigel Farage and Reform

NEWS ANALYSIS: The desire to win back pensioners deserting Labour for Reform was the real calculation at the heart of the winter fuel U-turn, says David Maddox

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