Reform UK has grown from a fringe euroskeptic movement into a major force in British politics. By railing against immigration and the rising cost of living, the party led by Brexit figurehead Nigel Farage has siphoned support from the governing Labour party and Conservative opposition to fracture the old two-party system.

Richard Tice told the FT that upcoming reductions decided by council pension committees, which are advised by independent actuaries, risked being too cautious as Reform seeks to prove it can slash costs at cash-strapped local authorities.

Former British Home Secretary Suella Braverman has defected to the hard-right Reform UK party. She resigned her 30-year membership with the Conservative Party and will now represent her southern England constituency as a Reform member.

A party's local campaign leaflets have been accused of "inflaming" public opinion. Reform UK has been handing out flyers across the Washington and Gateshead South constituency which suggest the rise in asylum seekers in Sunderland is linked to the city's sanctuary status which it gained in 2022.

Prime minister says Reform seeking to ‘tear people apart’ after Gorton and Denton candidate questions whether all UK-born people are British

Nigel Farage’s party is still ahead in the polls, despite accusations that it is turning into a home for failed Tory ministers

The news was broken to Nigel Farage at a press conference in Fife, where the Reform leader was momentarily and uncharacteristically lost for words. “I never reveal private conversations with anybody,” said Mr Farage,

An image of a poster purporting to bar non-Reform UK party members from entering a J D Wetherspoon pub is not genuine, a spokesperson for the British chain told Reuters.

The party's Scottish leader says funding would be taken from public bodies and environmental protection.