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The Guardian Politics5 May 2026

MPs demand Reform suspend candidate over claims he celebrated rape of Sikh women

Sandwell Labour MPs write to borough Reform leader after alleged posts by Stuart Prior Labour MPs have called for a Reform UK election candidate in Essex to be suspended after he allegedly celebrated the rape of two Sikh women in the Midlands. A joint investigation by The Mirror and the anti-racism campaign group Hope Not Hate alleged Stuart Prior, who is standing for Reform in Rayleigh West (for Essex county council) as well as Sweyne Park and Grange (for Rochford district council), had made a

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BBC Politics5 May 2026

No obligation to declare £5m gift, Farage says

The Reform UK leader says the gift was "purely private" and "wasn't political in any sense at all".

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BBC Politics5 May 2026

No obligation to declare £5m gift, Farage says

The Reform UK leader says the gift was "purely private" and "wasn't political in any sense at all".

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The Guardian Politics5 May 2026

Farage’s partner refuses to confirm how she paid for house in his constituency

French publication Le Monde says Laure Ferrari ‘dodged’ question when quizzed over property purchase in Clacton Nigel Farage’s partner, Laure Ferrari, has refused to confirm how she paid for a house in the Reform leader and MP’s constituency of Clacton, adding “there’s more than one way to pay for a house”. In an interview with French publication Le Monde, Ferrari was questioned over revelations in the Guardian that she had purchased a house in her name in Clacton after Farage had claimed to be

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The Guardian Politics5 May 2026

Farage deploys the rottweiler to distract from awkward £5m gift story | John Crace

Zia Yusuf’s mad idea of building detention centres for illegal immigrants exclusively in areas that vote Green works a treat It’s a classic from the Donald Trump playbook: everything’s been going a bit tits up, so you create a distraction. Get everyone looking in the wrong direction. Last week was the worst in months for Reform. First the party was pegged back in the opinion polls, then the Guardian revealed Nigel Farage had been given a £5m handout by Christopher Harborne, a Thai-based crypto d

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Express Politics5 May 2026

Angela Rayner sparks huge backlash over video attacking Nigel Farage – 'lies!'

Labour firebrand faces criticism over clip shared on X, making claims to schoolchildren about Reform UK

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Conservative Home5 May 2026

Rick Moore: Spite dressed up as policy – why Reform’s detention centre plan is is wrong on so many levels

Reform UK has unveiled a proposal that it calls democratic consent. What it actually amounts to is collective punishment by postcode — and every serious Conservative should say so, even if as I do they support getting rid of illegal migrants quickly. The post Rick Moore: Spite dressed up as policy – why Reform’s detention centre plan is is wrong on so many levels appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Guido Fawkes5 May 2026

Polanski’s Approval Rating Drops 14 Points in One Week

From More in Common’s tracker: Zack Polanski’s approval rating has dropped by 14 points in one week. Sunlight is the best disinfectant… Net approval: “good job” minus “bad job” — all leaders underwater Fieldwork: 1–4 May 2026 Kemi Badenoch Conservative −6 Least unpopular Ed Davey Lib Dems −12 Nigel Farage Reform UK −16 Zack Polanski…

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The Guardian Politics5 May 2026

Reform UK’s immigration policies are a significant risk to the UK economy | Sushil Wadhwani

An exodus of workers will be damaging – and electoral change might help Britain escape instability and low growth While all eyes are on the Middle East and the risk of a global recession, a possible scenario with significant downside risk for the UK economy after the next general election is building: the impact of anti-immigration policies. We do not know enough about the actual policy changes a Reform UK-led government would impose, but if we get forced repatriation (including of some who were

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Conservative Home5 May 2026

Peter Franklin: How can we escape the suffocating similarity between the Conservative Party and Reform UK?

Fortune favours the brave. My hope is that the party that reaches out beyond its comfort zone — and the sterile zero-sum game with its Right-of-centre rival — will be rewarded for it. The post Peter Franklin: How can we escape the suffocating similarity between the Conservative Party and Reform UK? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Conservative Home5 May 2026

Lord Ashcroft: My latest polling – Local elections, worst things Labour have done, energy bills, the right to strike, and is Farage like Trump?

On the local elections a clear majority thought a bad night for Labour would be a reflection on the Labour government generally or Keir Starmer in particular. A majority of 2024 Labour voters also said it would be down to Starmer or Labour in general, and were evenly divided between the two. The post Lord Ashcroft: My latest polling – Local elections, worst things Labour have done, energy bills, the right to strike, and is Farage like Trump? appeared first on Conservative Home.

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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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