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BBC Politics7 Apr 2026

Reform would deny visas over calls for slavery reparations

The party says it wants to put African and Caribbean countries "on notice" after a vote at the UN last month.

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BBC Politics7 Apr 2026

Reform would deny visas over calls for slavery reparations

The party says it wants to put African and Caribbean countries "on notice" after a vote at the UN last month.

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Guido Fawkes7 Apr 2026

Farage: Don’t Ban Kanye West From Entering UK

Farage on whether Kanye West should be banned from entering the UK over antisemitic comments: “I wouldn’t buy a ticket… his comments are vile… but I think if we start banning people from entering the country because we don’t like what they say I worry where that ends up… it’s a dangerous path to go…

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The Guardian Politics7 Apr 2026

As Farage sacks an acolyte for his ‘shameful’ words, how far is too far for the high priest of toxic politics? | Martha Gill

The Reform leader cynically pushes the boundaries of how far he can go without alienating too many of the voters he needs – but it’s a perilous calibration What counts as beyond the pale these days? Having successfully pushed back the cordon sanitaire that surrounds British politics, Nigel Farage is struggling to work out where, precisely, it now lies. Some decisions are simple. Attacks on Grenfell victims are, and have always been, beyond the bounds of decency. Farage promptly sacked Simon Dudl

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Guido Fawkes7 Apr 2026

Westminster Wonks Join Tory Adviser Operation

Guido hears Tory-aligned think tank Onward’s Head of Political Economy Gavin Rice has been hired by campaigning Shadow Justice Secretary Nick Timothy as his new senior adviser. Rice was previously SpAd for Boris and later policy director at the Centre for Social Justice. His main work at Onward was also with Timothy on the Future…

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The Guardian Politics7 Apr 2026

Reform UK would stop visas for people from countries seeking slavery reparations

The ‘bank is closed and the door is locked’, says Zia Yusuf as calls grow for compensation to remedy historical wrongs Reform UK has said it would stop issuing visas to any person from a country which continues to demand compensation from the UK for its role in the transatlanctic trade in enslaved people. Zia Yusuf, the party’s home affairs spokesperson, told the Daily Telegraph that the call for reparations was “insulting”. Continue reading...

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The Guardian Politics5 Apr 2026

The Guardian view on Britain’s religious right: using and abusing faith in the pursuit of power | Editorial

A professed desire to protect the country’s Christian identity is cover for a divisive politics which ignores the central message of the gospels In an interview conducted a few days after the beginning of Lent, Reform UK’s Muslim home affairs spokesperson, Zia Yusuf, outlined a new policy to prevent churches being converted to mosques. This was an “incendiary” issue relating to Christian heritage, Mr Yusuf claimed, which was causing anxiety across the United Kingdom. Subsequent analysis by the T

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The Guardian Politics5 Apr 2026

Welcome to the MrBeastification of British politics: the latest trick up Nigel Farage's sleeve | Kirsty Major

The Reform UK leader’s energy bill giveaway certainly grabs our attention – but it’s a distraction from the real winners and losers You can already imagine the video. A man stands in the middle of a suburban English street holding a wad of cash in his hands. Grinning at the camera he says: “I’m about to pay this entire street’s energy bills.” Cut to gliding drone footage of the neighbourhood. The man knocks on a front door and a bewildered looking woman answers in a fleecy dressing gown. “Congra

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The Guardian Politics4 Apr 2026

Trussonomics still haunts parties’ economic promises in run-up to UK local elections | Phillip Inman

Greens, Reform UK, Your Party, Conservatives and even Lib Dems are making extravagant spending pledges As local and regional elections across the UK loom into view, it is clear the spectre of Trussonomics lives on. The Greens, Reform UK, Your Party, Restore Britain, the Conservatives and even the Liberal Democrats cannot help making extravagant spending promises, often paid for by cutting something or borrowing more that, they argue, will have no negative economic consequences. Or if they do, th

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Conservative Home3 Apr 2026

Council by-election results from yesterday and forthcoming contests

The Green Party gained a seat from Labour in Rossendale. Reform UK gained a seat from the Conservatives in Bury and a seat from the Lib Dems in Luton. But the Lib Dems gained a seat from an independent in North Devon. The post Council by-election results from yesterday and forthcoming contests appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics3 Apr 2026

Labour challenges Farage over cost of private jet trip to Maldives

Anna Turley questions Reform UK leader’s revised £25,000 figure for failed attempt to reach Chagos Islands on plane linked to billionaire donor Labour has queried Nigel Farage’s claim that a return trip to the Maldives on a private jet linked to a billionaire donor cost as little as £25,000 as the Reform leader attempted to reach the Chagos Islands. Farage initially recorded his two-day trip to the Maldives as costing £12,500 funded by Thailand-based Reform megadonor Christopher Harborne, before

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Conservative Home3 Apr 2026

Shadow Cabinet League Table: Badenoch extends her lead, Timothy holds second

It is the third Shadow Cabinet League Table in a row in which she has come first. The first time she reached pole position was shortly before Robert Jenrick’s defection to Reform UK. It underlines the marked shift from her earlier performances. The post Shadow Cabinet League Table: Badenoch extends her lead, Timothy holds second appeared first on Conservative Home.

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