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The Guardian Politics4 Aug 2026

Nigel Farage and the £5m question that won’t go away – podcast

Reform UK’s finances have come under scrutiny like never before. What do we know about the party’s funding – and why do so many awkward questions remain for Nigel Farage? Anna Isaac explains For a while this year, it looked like nothing could stop Nigel Farage getting to Downing Street. Not the allegations of schoolboy racism, not the dodgy Cameo videos or even the £400,000 he trousered for advertising gold bullion. But at the end of April, the Guardian’s City editor, Anna Isaac, delivered a gam

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The Guardian Politics3 Aug 2026

Former neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election

Joshua Bonehill-Paine, creator of satirical Crewkerne Gazette, has convictions including harassment of a Jewish MP A former neo-Nazi activist with convictions including the harassment of a Jewish MP has been selected as a Conservative candidate for a local election in Somerset. Joshua Bonehill-Paine, the creator of the viral Crewkerne Gazette series of AI clips, is due to stand for election to Somerset council next year in a new Crewkerne South district. He told the Guardian he was an executive

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BBC Politics3 Aug 2026

Welsh national social care service will not come before next Senedd election, says minister

Plans to make social care free at the point of use will not happen before 2030, a minister says.

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BBC Politics3 Aug 2026

Welsh national social care service will not arrive before next Senedd election, says minister

Plans to make social care free at the point of use will not happen before 2030, a minister says.

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BBC Politics3 Aug 2026

Farage says he discussed return to politics months before general election

Farage said the talks came "quite some time after" he received a £5m gift from a Reform donor.

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BBC Politics3 Aug 2026

Farage says he discussed return to politics months before general election

Farage said the talks came "quite some time after" he received a £5m gift from a Reform donor.

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The Guardian Politics3 Aug 2026

What chaos? Farage tries to distract with immigration plans – podcast

Nigel Farage has promised that Reform UK would call in the navy to tackle small boat Channel crossings. Will this familiar-sounding immigration policy distract from the party’s internal problems? Plus – as we learn more about Andy Burnham’s plans for devolution, is this the biggest rewiring of the UK state since the second world war? Read about Richard Tice being investigated by parliament’s standards watchdog here You can read Alexandra’s report on Andy Burnham’s trip to Dover here and about c

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The Guardian Politics3 Aug 2026

‘Clacton voters need a serious person’: the independent candidates taking on Nigel Farage – and Count Binface

Attieh Fard and Andy Erlam make their byelection pitch to voters, but Reform UK’s leader is conspicuously absent In the town square in Clacton, in the blazing midday sunshine, some of the candidates for the upcoming byelection made their pitch to a scattering of potential voters, passing Deliveroo drivers and a giant seagull. But as the independent candidate Attieh Fard shouted into a megaphone that she would be a voice for Clacton, a passing youth shouted “Where’s Binface?” Continue reading...

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BBC Politics3 Aug 2026

Reform UK's Richard Tice investigated by parliamentary standards watchdog

Tice says the complaint related to a debate on Israeli influence and whether he should have referenced his register of interests.

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The Guardian Politics3 Aug 2026

Farage admits he discussed returning as Reform leader months earlier than previously stated

Admission may undermine Farage’s account of circumstances surrounding £5m gift from crypto billionaire UK politics live – latest updates Nigel Farage has admitted he held talks about the possibility of returning as Reform UK’s leader months before the 2024 general election, potentially undermining his own account of the circumstances in which he received a £5m gift from a crypto billionaire. It was reported at the weekend Farage had struck a deal with the party’s then leader, Richard Tice, and

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Guido Fawkes3 Aug 2026

POLL: Tories Better Off With an Outsider in 2028 London Mayoral Race

The early battle lines are being drawn for the 2028 London mayoral race. New polling from Opinium suggests if the Tories even want to be viable, they would perform better with a fresh candidate from outside Westminster than with a former minister. No one has thrown their hat in the ring yet. Expect Guido’s runners…

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Conservative Home3 Aug 2026

Daniel Vollborth: By-elections have been weaponised

Thus it appears that by-elections are poised to take on a bigger role in political strategy in years to come. Parties and MPs are well within their rights, as they stand, to force them to happen, though necessarily must run the risk of losing or, potentially worse, end up alone against a bin. The post Daniel Vollborth: By-elections have been weaponised appeared first on Conservative Home.

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