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Reform beats Labour by six points in new poll blow to Keir Starmer

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is racing ahead in the polls (Image: Getty) Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is six points ahead of Labour in a new poll in a blow to Sir Keir Starmer. The survey by Find Out Now puts the insurgent party…

Reform deals another huge blow to Labour in stunning election victory

Reform UK has dealt yet another blow to Labour with its latest triumphant council by-election win. A series of by-elections were held for local government seats on Thursday, with Nigel Farage’s party storming to victory in Trevethin and Penygarn in Torfaen,…

POLL: Do you think Reform will be able to win the next general election?

POLL Reform UK tops major UK poll (Image: Getty) Support for Reform UK is growing daily with the party leading a series of national opinion polls and surpassing 200,000 members this month. Leader Nigel Farage told Express.co.uk last week that there is a “good chance” he…

Keir Starmer risks row with Donald Trump as he defies US president over Ukraine

Sir Keir Starmer has publicly snubbed Donald Trump in a new intervention over Ukraine, risking a row with the US president. Mr Trump shocked the West this week when he announced he had spoken with Russia’s warmongering president Vladimir Putin and started talks to…

Shock as parliament announces plans for up to £31m renovation … of a single roof

Parliament is undergoing endless renovations (Image: Getty) A bid for an up to £31million renovation of a single roof above the House of Lords has been slammed. Parliament has invited companies to bid for the roofing contract, which could cost anywhere…

Rachel Reeves stutters as she’s asked one simple question about her expenses

Reeves says she was ‘never questioned’ over HBOS expenses Rachel Reeves insisted she was never questioned about her expenses as questions continued to swirl about her banking career before entering politics. The Chancellor attempted to defend herself from allegations she…

Rachel Reeves plotting £4bn raid as desperate Chancellor breaks ‘no tax increase’ promise

Rachel Reeves is believed to be planning so-called stealth taxes (Image: Getty) Rachel Reeves is considering freezing income tax limits beyond the tax year 2028/29, the Financial Times reports. The UK economy grew just 0.1% in the last three months of 2024,…

Major decision announced over Southport child killer Axel Rudakubana’s sentence

Axel Rudakubana was jailed for a minimum term of 52 years (Merseyside Police/PA) (Image: PA Media) The Attorney General has announced that the sentence of the Southport child killer will not be referred to the Court of Appeal. Axel Rudakubana, 18, was handed a minimum of…

Brexit stalwart’s new project will have Labour and Tories running scared

OPINION Ben Habib (Image: PA Wire) British politics is at a crossroads. The political class has become detached, disinterested, and disturbingly out of touch with the concerns of the people they claim to represent. Decades of empty promises and feeble governance…

Rachel Reeves is proof Keir Starmer’s pledge to restore trust was a sick joke

OPINION Rachel Reeves can’t even get the basics right (Image: PA) Is there actually anything on Rachel Reeves’ infamous CV that’s true? First she said she’d worked at the Bank of England for a decade as an economist when it was five-and-a-half years. And…