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Reform UK exposé comes just as Farage was hoping to change the narrative

With senior party figures appearing split and leader’s favourability rating dropping, questions about donations are causing yet more headaches

Peter Walker Senior political correspndent4d ago

What is the latest finance scandal facing Reform UK?

The potential breaches of the law exposed in an undercover film, what police say, and the party’s likely defence

Rowena Mason Whitehall editor4d ago

Reform officials ‘plotted to break law on foreign donations’ in undercover film

Investigation broadcast by Channel 4 News shows man posing as ‘impermissible donor’ paying for polling that helped Reform

Rowena Mason Whitehall editor4d ago

Reform UK suspends two senior officials after undercover report on donations

Revelations are further blow to Nigel Farage before conference speech, with Labour reporting party to police

Rowena Mason Whitehall editor5d ago

Labour condemns Reform’s plan for £100bn in cuts as ‘half-baked’ and ‘incredibly reckless’ – as it happened

Labour chair says such cuts ‘could mean vital public services like hospitals, schools and law enforcement are put at risk’

Andrew Sparrow5d ago

Reform’s media presenter worked for Chinese state propaganda channel

Party podcast and social media host Ray Addison fronted films about province where China is accused of genocide

Anna Isaac and Ben Quinn5d ago

Kemi the Valkyrie spoils for a fight and has the Russians in her sights

Tory leader scents Labour weakness on defence spending and declares it’s 2030 or bust

John Crace5d ago

Kemi Badenoch condemns Reform UK’s ‘authoritarian’ press bans

Tory leader says Nigel Farage’s party would seek to abuse state power, as she also defends her housing benefit plans

Peter Walker Senior political correspondent5d ago

Crypto billionaire pardoned by Trump gives Reform UK another £4m

Party confident money from Ben Delo will not be caught in new overseas donor cap

Rowena Mason Whitehall editor5d ago

Sadiq Khan cleared of car tax conviction caused by ‘scam’

Magistrates in Hereford withdraw case against London mayor over untaxed Nissan Micra that is not his

Ben Quinn Political correspondent6d ago

Zack Polanski announces plans to fight byelection in Keir Starmer’s old seat

Green party leader says he will ‘stand up for people struggling to pay their bills’ if he becomes MP for Holborn and St Pancras

Alexandra Topping and Peter Walker6d ago

Andy Burnham targets migrant crisis ahead of Macron’s visit to No 10

PM will aim to centre talks with French president on key foreign policy issues such as Iran, smuggling gangs and EU relations

Kiran Stacey Policy editor6d ago

Burnham to crack down on UK mega-donors influencing politics

Government pledges to find quick ‘solution’ to party funding row under pressure from Labour MPs

Rowena Mason Whitehall editor6d ago

Green party members back Zack Polanski to stand in London byelection

Party leader in England and Wales seen as favourite to contest Holborn and St Pancras after Starmer’s resignation

Alexandra Topping Political correspondent6d ago

Sadiq Khan fined over untaxed car falsely registered in his name

London mayor’s office says he is ‘victim of a scam’ after conviction under fast-track system where magistrates can decide outcomes in seconds

Ben Quinn Political correspondent6d ago

Reform UK bans three journalists from its conference after critical reporting

Guardian City editor Anna Isaac among those who had credentials to cover event declined

Helena Horton6d ago

Andy Burnham must face down unions over donation cap

Letters: It is no use promising to reform politics and return power to the people without addressing the power of the big beasts, writes Paul Sawbridge. Plus letters from Marcus Hallside and Martin Knott

6d ago

UK politics: Andy Burnham pressed on borrowing costs and spending at first PMQs – as it happened

Burnham faced questions from Kemi Badenoch and other MPs amid speculation over budget

Andrew Sparrow6d ago

Burnham’s first PMQs showed a leader who wants to please – but knows how to push back

Despite a long absence from parliament, Burnham showed he could hold his own and, despite some nerves, even enjoy himself

Peter Walker Senior political correspondent6d ago

Andy Burnham faces an impossible job. At least he’s got a secret weapon – Kemi Badenoch

Labour is up against a Tory party with a leader who can’t stop getting lost in her own sense of brilliance. And then there’s Andrew Griffith

John Crace6d ago

Farage compares standards inquiry to investigations faced by fellow ‘outsider’ Trump

Reform UK leader dismisses criticism of his failure to register £5m gift as a sign of a ‘complainants’ society’