Reform's Zia Yusuf and Tory Chris Philp were speaking against converting a former military site into asylum accommodation.
Reform and Tory spokesmen in angry clash over immigration at Piddington
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Exclusive: Sources reveal party is covering costs – raising new questions about leader’s explanation for billionaire’s gift Nigel Farage’s personal security has been paid for out of Reform UK’s central funds despite his claim that these expenses would be covered by an undisclosed gift of £5m from a billionaire donor, sources have told the Guardian. The Reform leader has had the central party pay for a team and two cars ever since a reduction in the security provided by the taxpayer after a review in 2025. Continue reading...
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Piddington to bring legal challenge over asylum base plans
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Row breaks out between Tories and Reform at Piddington news conference – UK politics live
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If you’re wondering what a Reform government might look like, just look at its chaotic record in Wales | Will Hayward
As the main opposition in the Senedd, the party should be taking politics seriously. Spoiler alert: it’s not In May 2026, Reform UK became the official opposition inside the Welsh Senedd. It was the best result the party had ever received in a national parliament – and since that time it has been a wild ride. Given that its leader, Nigel Farage, claims he expects to one day lead the UK government, how it performs in Wales matters more than just for the people of Cymru; it gives the rest of the UK a sense of what it could expect if Reform does well in the next general election. Just to give you a taste, here are two developments. In September, Reform’s leader in Wales, Dan Thomas, resigned after he was arrested and released on bail on suspicion of assault and coercive or controlling behaviour. (Thomas said that he had done “nothing wrong” but resigned to avoid becoming a “distraction”.) I
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Digested week: Do we really have to see Liz Truss at the Cenotaph for the next 30 years? | John Crace
At some point even Liz won’t remember why she’s there. Meanwhile, Nige wants more air time, and Boris Johnson couldn’t have made less effort Like most people, I assume, I had always thought the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph was a time to think of those who died in the two world wars and later armed conflicts. It turns out that Richard Tice, the deputy leader of Reform, sees it differently. I was listening to Dicky being interviewed on the Jeremy Kyle show on TalkTV – yes, I know, I’ve only myself to blame – when suddenly he went into a tirade on the BBC’s coverage of the service. His principal complaint was that Nigel Farage had not been given enough air time, though he later morphed into a rant about antisemitism. I never did quite work out how the two were meant to be linked. I’m sure the BBC will reflect seriously on this lapse of judgment in its debrief of the programme