The Latest Breaking News from Reform

It was assumed that Reform would sweep all before it – but locals rejected the party’s campaign of ‘lies and hate’

IN DEPTH: Reform UK and Plaid Cymru are ramping up their campaigns ahead of May’s Senedd elections, as polls already predict Starmer’s party could face a catastrophic defeat, writes Holly Evans

The Government saw its popularity fall further in 2025 as Nigel Farage’s Reform UK surged

Keir Starmer leadership crisis deepens as 2026 nears, with polls at lows and Labour behind Reform. May elections, internal tensions, and policy hurdles could end his premiership early, amid calls for change

Joe Dromey, head of the Labour thinktank, urges his party to take on the ‘twin populisms’ of Reform UK and the Greens

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: An opinion poll for The Independent suggests that the electorate is unmoved by stories from the Reform leader’s school days – but no potential leader of this country should be able to shrug off allegations of this seriousness without a proper defence

Exclusive: More than 20 former pupils of Dulwich College have accused the Reform UK leader of holding ‘racist, antisemitic and fascist views’ as a pupil

Since Zack Polanski took over as leader, the party has doubled its membership and its four MPs want to take on Reform’s anger and build community spirit

The Foreign Secretary said successive prime ministers were not briefed on tweets dating back as far as 2010 and civil servants were also unaware.