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How will we know Labour is really cleaning up party funding? When Reform and the Tories fight like hell to stop it

Banning crypto donations is a start, but here’s what Keir Starmer really needs to do to make his the party of decent politics, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK

Labour delay in ending Tories’ Rwanda migrant deal leaves taxpayers on hook for £100m bill, court hears

Rwanda is also seeking £6m in compensation for UK’s failure to take in refugees under Tory scheme

The Independent UK

So is Reform a threat to democracy or merely ‘Tories: the sequel’? Starmer must make up his mind

The PM has told Labour it is in the ‘fight of our lives’ against Nigel Farage’s challengers. To win, it must first agree on a line of attack, says Tom Baldwin, author of Keir Starmer, The Biography

The Guardian - UK

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Tories were wrong to refer to Braverman’s mental health, says shadow minister

It came as the MP defected to Reform UK on Monday.

Evening Standard

Tories face backlash over ‘mental health’ swipe at Suella Braverman as former home secretary defects to Reform

Conservatives forced to reissue statement over latest high-profile defection from party amid criticism across the political spectrum

Evening Standard

Braverman says she can ‘no longer trust the Tories’ after Reform defection

Mrs Braverman said the Conservative Party had ‘left the building’ and no longer represented the values she believed it did when she joined.

Evening Standard

Former Tory home secretary Suella Braverman defects to Reform

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 Independent UK

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Tories lost Jenrick because of ‘personal ambition’, Badenoch tells party

Ex-shadow justice minister Robert Jenrick defected to Reform UK on Thursday, describing Britain as ‘broken’.

Evening Standard

Voices: ‘Voting Reform is now like voting Conservative’: Readers slam Tory defectors joining Nigel Farage

YOUR VIEWS: Our community criticised Reform UK as little more than a refuge for ex-Tories, arguing that defectors prioritise personal ambition over public service and that the party offers few new policies beyond a continuation of Conservative failings

The Independent UK

Right-wing Tory MP who admired South American dictator defects to Nigel Farage’s Reform

It comes days after Robert Jenrick quit the Tories

The Independent UK

Kemi Badenoch bids to steady Tories after Robert Jenrick’s defection to Reform

The Newark MP said most of his former Tory colleagues ‘don’t have the stomach for the radical change this country needs’.

Evening Standard

How support for Labour crumbled in Britain in 2025 with Rachel Reeves' popularity plunging

Backing for the Tories also fell, went up slightly for Reform UK, was unchanged for the Liberal Democrats while the biggest gainers this year were the Greens

Evening Standard

Tories demand sacking of NHS Fife chief executive after Sandie Peggie tribunal

The Scottish Conservatives challenged Holyrood Health Secretary Neil Gray to dismiss NHS Fife chief executive Carol Potter.

Evening Standard

Reform UK aiming for reverse takeover of Tories, Farage says

Leader says electoral deal now would cost his party votes but he aims to continue winning over defectors

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Evening Standard

Reform and Tories insist there is no plan for merger before next election

Prominent ex-Tory figures have flocked to Reform.

The Independent UK

Voices: ‘Everything is either anxiety or your period’: Readers share experiences of being dismissed by NHS GPs

YOUR VIEWS: Our community has shared stories of misdiagnosis, delayed care, and battles with serious illnesses like bowel cancer and MS

The Independent UK

Kemi Badenoch has six months to save the Tories – and her leadership, MPs warn

There is consternation among MPs that support for the Conservative Party has dropped seven points in the year since she became leader, with no signs of recovery

The Independent UK

Reform councillor issues blistering attack on Farage’s party as he defects to Tories

James Buchan says he wanted to be able to look his family in the eye and say, ‘that’s not who I am’

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Evening Standard

Reform councillor switches to Tories after becoming ‘uncomfortable’ with party

James Buchan accused the party of having ‘a pretty unfortunate way of treating people’.

Evening Standard

Tories deny they have thrown out plans to toughen up indefinite leave to remain

Plans to retrospectively remove the settled status are no longer Tory policy, a spokesman suggested on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Theresa May slaps down Robert Jenrick for turning judges into ‘villains’

The former prime minister also warned the Tories must stop chasing the Reform party

The Guardian - UK

Yes, Keir Starmer is Britain’s most unpopular PM ever. That could liberate him

Forget the public vitriol and use the next four years to get things done – first and foremost, whatever it takes to stop Reform, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Evening Standard

Tory energy chief declines to say when Net Zero pledge might be met

The Tories have scrapped their pledge to met Net Zero carbon emissions by 2050.

The Independent UK

Reform’s newest MP Danny Kruger: ‘On a personal level I deeply regret rejecting the Tory party’

INTERVIEW: Danny Kruger became Nigel Farage’s biggest scalp after the shadow minister defected to Reform. Alex Ross visited the East Wiltshire MP at his office to find out why he left the Tories – and what the future holds for Reform

The Guardian - UK

Tories and Reform battle to be heirs to Thatcher’s legacy on her centenary

Gala dinner to remember Conservatives’ most successful leader puts spotlight on who will carry forward her ideas

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