News

Original reporting and the latest political headlines from across the UK.

Our Articles

Mainstream Headlines

Filtering by:Tag: reform×Clear all

601 headlines found — Page 48 of 51

Express Politics27 Feb 2026

John Curtice issues warning not to write off Reform as Greens gloat

The UK's leading polling expert has delivered his verdict and it's good news for Reform as well as the Green Party

DefenceEnvironmentReform
The Guardian Politics27 Feb 2026

Labour’s worst fears realised by Greens’ victory in Gorton and Denton byelection

Result gives progressive voters clear signal they have an alternative to beating Reform UK – and shows the task ahead for Keir Starmer UK politics live – latest updates Labour MPs have said for weeks that the outcome they most feared at the Gorton and Denton byelection was a Green party victory. On Friday morning, their worst fears were realised. Continue reading...

PoliticsEnvironmentReform
Express Politics27 Feb 2026

John Curtice issues nightmare verdict for Keir Starmer in by-election 'surprise'

Britain's leading pollster says the by-election defeat will "make life for Keir Starmer even worse" after Labour lost "badly"

PoliticsReform
BBC Politics27 Feb 2026

Sir John Curtice: Greens' win means future of British politics is more uncertain than ever

Not only did Hannah Spencer become the first Green to win a by-election, she won it well.

PoliticsEnvironmentReform
BBC Politics27 Feb 2026

Sir John Curtice: Greens' win means future of British politics is more uncertain than ever

Not only did Hannah Spencer become the first Green to win a by-election, she won it well.

PoliticsEnvironmentReform
Sky News Politics27 Feb 2026

Plaid leader warns 'Reform government would set Wales back decades'

Rhun ap Iorwerth has said May's Senedd election is now a "two-horse race" between Plaid Cymru and Reform UK, declaring Labour is "over" in Wales.

PoliticsDefenceReform
Express Politics27 Feb 2026

Nigel Farage issues stark warning as Greens beat Reform in Gorton and Denton by-election

Reform UK leader warns the divisive ballot was a "victory for sectarian voting and cheating".

PoliticsDefenceEnvironmentReform
The Guardian Politics27 Feb 2026

Green party wins Gorton and Denton byelection in blow to Keir Starmer

Hannah Spencer elected as party’s first MP in northern England, with Labour coming in third behind reform UK The Green party has pulled off a landmark victory in the Gorton and Denton byelection in a significant blow to Keir Starmer. Hannah Spencer, a local plumber and Green party councillor, was elected as the party’s first MP in northern England after overturning Labour’s 13,000-vote majority. Continue reading...

PoliticsEnvironmentReform
The Guardian Politics26 Feb 2026

Mandelson faces EU inquiry into Brussels trade role over Epstein links

European Anti-Fraud Office to look into the former US ambassador’s time as trade commissioner in Brussels Peter Mandelson is facing an inquiry by the EU’s anti-fraud agency after the European Commission requested the body look into his activities during his time as trade commissioner in Brussels. The commission said it referred the peer, 72, to the European Anti-Fraud Office (Olaf) last week after the US Department of Justice released documents allegedly showing he shared sensitive government in

Reform
The Guardian Politics26 Feb 2026

Bangladesh court requests Interpol red notice for Labour MP Tulip Siddiq

Action relates to corruption case over allocation of government land in Dhaka to a private company A court in Bangladesh has ordered officials to request an Interpol red notice for the British Labour MP Tulip Siddiq over a corruption case linked to the allocation of government land in Dhaka. Bangladesh’s anti-corruption commission has alleged Siddiq used her relationship with her aunt, the former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, to influence the allocation of a plot of state-owned land in Dhaka’s G

ReformCrime
The Guardian Politics26 Feb 2026

It’s taboo to admit it, but voters bear some responsibility for the frayed state of Britain | Andy Beckett

Populists blame an ever-expanding list of enemies for social ills – many of which are in fact caused by changes in our habits and social norms One of the great strengths of populism, in all its rightwing and leftwing varieties, is its readiness to blame people. When democracies are discontented, as most are now, the old early 21st-century politics of relative consensus and moderation is seen by many voters as insincere and inadequate, as many unpopular centrist leaders have discovered. Societies

PoliticsReform
Express Politics26 Feb 2026

Women’s spaces and safety are being compromised in favour of toxic, woke ideology

Reform UK MP hits out at Labour over delay in trans guidance after landmark Supreme Court ruling.

ReformCrime