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How England’s new Reform councillors compare in their views to other parties

Reform UK has positioned itself as the voice of discontent in British politics – a home for voters who feel both Labour and the Conservatives have lost touch with ordinary people.

The Conversation

Lib Dems call for national security services to ‘assess threat’ Elon Musk poses to British democracy

The Liberal Democrats have called for national security services to “assess the threat” that Elon Musk poses to British democracy, after Tommy Robinson claimed that the billionaire was paying his legal costs.

The Independent UK

David Smith MBE: A tribute to the Flying Scotsman Sir Menzies Campbell

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Digital ID plan for UK risks creating ‘an enormous hacking target’, expert warns

Cyber security expert offers warning as tech companies prepare to bid for potentially multi-billion pound contracts

The Guardian - UK

New poll shows Labour clinging on to London as Nigel Farage’s Reform UK surges to more than 300 MPs

Voters in the capital still appear to back Sir Keir Starmer’s party despite its slump in popularity

Evening Standard

Ming Campbell dies aged 84: Liberal Democrats announce death of former leader and peer

Sir Ed Davey described him as ‘a tireless champion for Fife, St Andrews and the UK, and a true Liberal giant’

Evening Standard

Reform on brink of outright majority at next election, major new poll says

Disastrous polling for Labour comes amid growing questions over Keir Starmer’s leadership of the party

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Davey sets goal to overtake Tories and says Farage wants to roll back gun laws

Sir Ed Davey told Liberal Democrat activists they should aim to win more Parliament seats than the Conservatives.

Evening Standard

Farage will roll back gun laws and turn Britain into Trump’s America, Ed Davey claims

Ed Davey claimed the Reform UK leader would unleash ‘the forces of darkness’ in Britain and allow social media barons to ‘poison young minds’ if he becomes PM

The Independent UK

Ed Davey coy on Lib Dem-Labour coalition despite being ‘deeply disappointed’ by government

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Lib Dems should ditch Ed Davey’s stunts and talk policy, survey finds

Thinktank poll reveals voters unclear what party stands for despite photo opportunities winning more media coverage

The Guardian - UK

Lib Dems to call on Parliament to haul in Elon Musk for rally remarks

The Liberal Democrat leader has called for an Ofcom investigation into X, the social media site owned by Mr Musk.

Evening Standard

‘We are very serious’, says Davey as he defends stunts ahead of party conference

The Lib Dem leader said his party was the most united by a ‘country mile’ in a Westminster where others were ‘riven by division’.

The Independent UK

Farage admits breaching parliamentary rules over Trump event and blames his office for ‘error’

The Reform leader failed to disclose how much he earned or who paid for his visit to a Republican Party event in March 2025

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Evening Standard

Farage admits he failed to register US trip to headline Trump fundraiser

MPs are required to register visits abroad that cost more than £300 within 28 days if they are not wholly paid for by the MP or public funds.

Evening Standard

Farage urged to disclose who paid for US trip to headline Trump fundraiser

MPs are required to register visits abroad within 28 days.

The Guardian - UK

Wednesday briefing: How Britain’s asylum debate is shifting further to the right

In today’s newsletter: With ‘Operation Restoring Justice’, Nigel Farage has set the political agenda with a maximalist vision on migration. The bigger question is how far mainstream parties will follow his lead

Evening Standard

Revealed: Almost 200 shoplifting offences reported to police go unsolved across London every day

Just 5.9% of shoplifting crimes reported to police resulted in a charge, according to House of Commons library analysis for the Liberal Democrats

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Evening Standard

Conservatives lose control of Surrey Council after by-election defeats to Reform UK and Lib Dems

Surrey County Council has been under Conservative majority control since 1997

Evening Standard

Labour Party membership falls by almost 200,000 in five years

Figures published on Thursday showed the party’s membership was 333,235 at the end of last year – well down on its 532,046 members at the end of

The Independent UK

One in 10 Labour members left party last year despite election landslide

Figures published on Thursday showed the party’s membership was 333,235 at the end of last year – down from its 532,046 peak in 2019

The Guardian - UK

Reform councillors criticised after voting to spend £150,000 on political advisers

Plan was put forward by 19-year-old leader of Warwickshire council George Finch who also lobbied to remove Pride flag

Evening Standard

Reform UK loses by-elections called after councillors quit days into roles

The Liberal Democrats and Tories won council seats that Nigel Farage’s party had claimed in May’s local election

Evening Standard

Nigel Farage’s Reform to gain five London MPs on way to winning most seats at general election, major poll suggests

Nigel Farage’s party would take seats from Labour and the Conservatives in outer London, the YouGov survey suggests

The Conversation

How Britain’s new political divide delivers voters to Reform and the Greens

The outcome of last year’s general election left an important question hanging in the air. Could the UK’s traditional system of two-party politics continue to survive?

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