The Latest Breaking News from Reform

Keir Starmer’s dismal decision to block the Greater Manchester mayor has bought him time, but it won’t change his fate, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

In a bold political maneuver, ex-Home Secretary Suella Braverman has shifted her allegiance from the Conservative Party to Reform UK. Voicing disappointment over the timid stance of her former colleagues, Braverman, who hails from an Indian heritage, is set to advocate for Fareham & Waterlooville under Nigel Farage's banner.

MP says 'I feel like I’ve come home’ but Labour says it shows Farage ‘willing to accept the very worst of the Conservative Party’

Statement, since withdrawn, followed ex-minister becoming third Conservative MP to join Farage’s party in just over a week

Braverman becomes latest right-winger to desert Kemi Badenoch’s Conservative Party in favour of Reform – as Labour blasts Farage’s party as ‘full of failed Tories’

The Reform leader was speaking at an event in Renfrewshire.

As Burnham is the key to stopping Reform in both Manchester seats, the prime minister faces a conundrum whatever decision he makes, writes David Maddox

The Prime Minister insisted the ‘battle of our times’ was between Labour and Reform rather than within his own party.

In an attempt to quell growing backlash within his party, the PM appealed for unity as Labour braces for local elections in the spring