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The party leader addressed councillors following last week’s local elections.

Paul Whiteley, emeritus professor of government at the University of Essex, has been named as the 2024 winner of the Sir Paul Curran award for academic communication.

Reform UK’s surge in recent local elections is not an isolated incident but a culmination of long-term economic and social shifts that have reshaped British society. It is the latest chapter in a narrative that includes the 2016 Brexit referendum and reflects a broader disillusionment with mainstream politics.

Reform’s success at the expense of Labour and the Conservatives in recent local elections has triggered speculation that it is on course for significantly more representation in parliament at the next general election.

Kneejerk policy changes won’t win over Reform voters, or stop boats crossing the Channel. Here’s what the government should do instead, says Enver Solomon of the Refugee Council

RICHARD Tice and Reform UK have been accused of being “fraudulent” with their promises and offering working-class people “nothing” instead,…

History proves byelections to be futile polls on leaders. If I were Farage, I would apply for the Tory whip and capture the party from within, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Let’s be honest: most of us don’t get excited about local councils. They’re usually seen as clunky bureaucracies.

Editorial: The way to win an argument with Reform is to bring economic reality and positive stories of migrant contribution back into the picture

Letters: Readers respond to an article by Polly Toynbee on what the Labour party needs to do after its local election losses

A THIRD Conservative councillor in Aberdeenshire has defected to Reform UK, claiming the “party has left him” and that he “feels let down by…