Reform UK has announced it would give non-doms the chance to avoid many UK taxes by paying a £250,000 fee, with the proceeds going to people on the lowest incomes. Non-domiciles (or non-doms) live in the UK but have a permanent home overseas for tax purposes. Under Reform’s plan, non-doms would pay the fee for...
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Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has accused Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage of indulging in “fantasy economics” over their approaches to welfare policies. Writing in the Daily Mail, Badenoch says both leaders believe in getting struggling taxpayers to “fund unlimited child support for others”. Her commentary comes after the...
EPA Nigel Farage has hailed Reform UK’s gains in Thursday’s elections as “unprecedented” and “the end of two-party politics”. The party has taken control of 10 local councils, won two mayoral races and added a fifth MP to its ranks in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election now counting has been completed. Many of these wins...
Reform UK’s candidate to be the first mayor of Greater Lincolnshire, Dame Andrea Jenkyns, has appeared to contradict her party’s leader Nigel Farage over their outlook on children with special educational needs, or SEND. Dame Andrea, a former Conservative minister, has spoken publicly about both her and her young son having attention deficit hyperactivity disorder...
An Afghan man accused of threatening to kill Nigel Farage while he travelled to the UK has appeared in court. Fayaz Khan, 25, is alleged to have posted a video on TikTok in October, where he made a gun gesture and told the Reform party leader he was going to “pop pop”, Westminster Magistrates’ Court...
A row has erupted between Nigel Farage and Britain’s biggest teaching union after it branded Reform UK a “racist and far-right” party. National Education Union (NEU) members at their annual conference called for funds to be used to help campaign against Reform UK candidates. The NEU’s general secretary, Daniel Kebede, claimed there were “an awful...
Paul Seddon Political reporter PA Media Nigel Farage has dismissed a suggestion from Kemi Badenoch that Reform UK and Tory councillors could enter into coalitions after next month’s local elections. Speaking earlier, Tory leader Badenoch told the BBC her party’s local leaders would be free to share power with Reform if it was required to...
Alex Forsyth Political correspondent Joshua Nevett Political reporter PA Media Men are prepared to sacrifice family lives for successful careers in a way many women aren’t, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has said. Speaking at an event in Parliament, Farage argued people should judged on merit in the workplace, not on certain characteristics. When asked...
NatWest and Nigel Farage have settled the dispute over the closure of one of his bank accounts. The agreed settlement comes almost two years after the Reform UK leader had his account with Coutts, the prestigious private bank for the wealthy which is owned by NatWest Group, closed. The closure led to a public row...