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The Guardian Politics4 May 2026

Ben Jennings on Reform UK and this week’s local elections – cartoon

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The Guardian Politics4 May 2026

AI platforms reference Nigel Farage more than other leaders when prompted on UK politics, study shows

Reform UK is ‘doing something right when it comes to visibility’ on multiple AI systems, say researchers AI platforms are more likely to reference Nigel Farage than any other UK leader when prompted about British politics, according to an AI search analytics firm. “We are confident in saying that Reform are showing up significantly more than you would expect,” said Malte Landwehr, an expert at Peec AI, the firm that did the research. “So they’re doing something right when it comes to LLM [large

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Express Politics4 May 2026

POLL: Are Reform right to dump migrants in towns that vote Green? Have your say

Reform UK has said it would open migrant detention centres in areas that vote for the Green Party.

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The Guardian Politics4 May 2026

Reform government could cause Truss-style chaos, says renewables industry

Lobbyist Tara Singh says stripping projects of subsidy contracts would undermine investor confidence in UK Britain could be beset by levels of economic chaos last seen under Liz Truss if a Reform UK government were to fulfil its promise to strip renewable energy projects of subsidy contracts, according to the industry’s chief lobbyist. The anti-renewables policy put forward by Nigel Farage’s populist party would severely undermine investor confidence in the energy industry and across the wider U

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The Guardian Politics4 May 2026

Reform’s toxic thinking has infected Scottish politics – this week’s Holyrood elections will tell us how badly | Jasmeen Kanwal

For so long, the Scottish government has made a point of welcoming migrants. But I now see troubling changes in my country Jasmeen Kanwal is an educator and writer who lives in Edinburgh As Scotland prepares to elect a new parliament on 7 May, immigration is dominating the political discourse as never before. Reform UK, a party whose top three policies are “stop the boats”, “secure and defend our borders” and “deport illegal migrants” is now polling in second place behind the SNP in many rece

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The Guardian Politics4 May 2026

Can the Greens and Reform win big in London? podcast

This week Politics Weekly is on the road with the Greens in Hackney and Reform UK in Bromley ahead of the local elections to see why people are turning their backs on the traditional parties in London. This episode was recorded on Monday 26th and Tuesday 27th April. Continue reading...

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Express Politics3 May 2026

Reform UK vows to prioritise Green Party areas for migrant detention centres

Nigel Farage's Party has unveiled fresh policy ahead of the May 7 local elections.

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The Guardian Politics3 May 2026

Reform UK council backs release of beavers amid party row over rewilding

Councillors in Leicestershire support move in efforts to reduce flooding as Reform faces divisions on nature policy A Reform UK council has backed the release of wild beavers into the countryside, despite the party’s opposition to rewilding. The Reform-led Leicestershire county council has backed the release of the rodents as part of efforts to reduce flooding. Continue reading...

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Express Politics3 May 2026

Farage delivers brutal 4-word verdict as he compares Polanski to ex-Labour leader

The Reform UK leader didn't hold back in his assessment of his political rival.

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The Guardian Politics3 May 2026

Dynamic pay on platforms such as Uber should be banned, says TUC

Exclusive: Union body finds workers describing themselves as ‘gambling’ because wages felt like the outcome of chance rather than work The practice of using “dynamic pricing” to set pay on gig economy platforms including Uber should be banned because it leaves workers at the mercy of shadowy algorithms with no certainty over their earnings, trade union leaders have urged. In a report exposing the human cost of the gig economy practice, the Trades Union Congress said pay was becoming decoupled fr

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Express Politics3 May 2026

This man will have the ear of Prime Minister Farage and President Vance

James Orr is the intellectual dynamo in the Reform UK engine room and he is ready to take on the EU, Whitehall and the House of Lords to transform the nation

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The Guardian Politics2 May 2026

Dig Deep! Reform frontbench promotes JCBs after £200,000 donation from firm

Nigel Farage, Lee Anderson and Robert Jenrick, among others, have sung the praises of the JCB PotHole Pro Reform UK’s leading figures have repeatedly promoted a new pothole-fixing machine by the construction company JCB, while the party received £200,000 from the British digger maker, the Guardian can reveal. Several Reform politicians including Nigel Farage, Lee Anderson, Robert Jenrick, Zia Yusuf and Richard Tice have sung the praises of the JCB PotHole Pro machine. Continue reading...

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