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• Chris Mason: Reform face headwinds as they gather for conference

  03-09-2026 03:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The party's continued prominence has brought what prominence always brings: scrutiny, says BBC political editor Chris Mason.
  
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• Farage threatens to overhaul Lords and judges to meet his pledges

  04-09-2026 21:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Reform UK leader promises to deliver on key priorities in the first 100 days of government, if the party wins power.
  
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• Reform has faced a 'campaign of attacks', Farage says

  04-09-2026 19:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nigel Farage has been addressing Reform UK members at the party's conference in Birmingham.
  
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• 'Loose pub talk': Farage responds to undercover report

  04-09-2026 18:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Reform leader was speaking following a news report which raised questions about his party's fundraising.
  
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• Farage says his aides' donor comments were 'loose pub talk'

  04-09-2026 18:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two senior Reform aides have stepped down from their roles following a Channel 4 News and Verbatim film about donations.
  
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• Farage unveils small boats deal with French National Rally party

  04-09-2026 17:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Reform says it would use the Navy to intercept boats and return migrants to France, if the party wins power.
  
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• Two Reform officials step down after undercover donations report

  04-09-2026 17:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Reform says Dan Jukes and James Orr have left their roles as it launches an investigation into the report.
  
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• 'Not what you want on day of the conference,' Farage tells BBC

  04-09-2026 17:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Reform leader was speaking to Newsnight after an undercover report raised questions about party fundraising.
  
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• 'Fate of this country is down to us' - Zia Yusuf

  04-09-2026 15:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Reform UK's shadow home secretary Zia Yusuf addresses delegates in Birmingham at the party's conference.
  
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• Mason: 'Not what Farage wanted today to look like'

  04-09-2026 13:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chris Mason speaks from the Reform UK conference as two of its senior officials step down following a Channel 4 investigation.
  
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• Stock up on food to prepare for extreme weather, minister says

  04-09-2026 12:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dame Angela Eagle warns the weather event could lead to extreme storms this winter.
  
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• Three crucial questions facing Farage at Reform conference

  04-09-2026 07:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Can the Reform UK leader put his policies into action, and become prime minister?
  
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• Reform UK promises £80bn cuts to public spending

  03-09-2026 20:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Speaking at the party's conference, economy spokesman Robert Jenrick says Reform will be the "party of fiscal responsibility".
  
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• Zack Polanski says he'll run for former PM Starmer's seat in by-election

  03-09-2026 18:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Green Party leader intends to run in the Holborn and St Pancras seat following Sir Keir Starmer's resignation as MP.
  
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• Badenoch accuses Burnham of kicking defence spending into the long grass

  03-09-2026 18:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Andy Burnham has committed to reaching the Nato target of 3.5% spending by 2035, but not 3% by 2030.
  
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• Trump hints US would not back UK over Falkland Islands due to lack of Iran war support

  03-09-2026 18:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US president says the UK was not "there to help me" in his ongoing war with Iran.
  
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• Burnham and Macron agree to scale up action on small boats

  03-09-2026 17:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The leaders also discussed Ukraine and "the UK's drive to get closer to Europe", No 10 says.
  
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• MoD withheld information about nuclear test veterans' records, ex-minister claims

  03-09-2026 10:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Cold War veterans who oversaw nuclear tests have claimed they caused lifelong health problems.
  
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• Burnham to tackle 'mega-donors' in UK politics, minister says

  03-09-2026 02:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some MPs have pressed for the government to introduce a cap on UK-based donors.
  
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• Burnham pressed on economy at first PMQs as borrowing costs surge

  02-09-2026 22:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The PM said his government would be "grounded in fiscal responsibility" as he faced Kemi Badenoch at Prime Minister's Questions for the first time.
  
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• Reform up against 'complainants' society', Farage tells BBC

  02-09-2026 19:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Reform UK leader said a "whole ecosystem" didn't want "new kids on the block succeeding".
  
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• Fatal crash police get £2m to tackle serious crime

  02-09-2026 19:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The home secretary says the money will help support Cleveland Police in the wake of the A66 crash.
  
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• Nigel Farage insists he's 'broken no rules'

  02-09-2026 18:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Reform leader has been dogged by questions over his finances after receiving a £5 million sum from Christopher Harborne.
  
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• Burnham's PMQs debut shows the challenge of delivering new style of politics

  02-09-2026 16:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Burnham's exchanges with Kemi Badenoch slipped into familiar territory of trading barbs, writes Alex Forsyth.
  
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• Faisal Islam: Why bond market wildfire is keeping world leaders up at night

  02-09-2026 15:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Huge AI spending plans and the ongoing war in Iran are driving up borrowing costs around the world.
  
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• Chris Mason: Will Burnham find PMQs as 'nail biting' and 'nerve wracking' as Blair did?

  02-09-2026 06:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Curiously, the questions at lunchtime may well feel like a minor extension of what he faced on Tuesday, the BBC's political editor writes.
  
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• UK long-term borrowing costs highest since 1998 ahead of October Budget

  02-09-2026 03:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Higher borrowing costs have piled fresh pressure on Andy Burnham ahead of his first Budget.
  
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• Burnham promises more devolution and public control of essential services

  01-09-2026 23:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said Burnham was offering "more government control, more taxes and more politicians", as he addressed MPs for the first time as PM.
  
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• Spaces in male prisons fall to lowest level of year, sources say

  01-09-2026 22:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jails in England and Wales are nearing maximum capacity as the justice secretary prepares to give more details in the Commons on the early-release scheme to free inmates.
  
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• Israel warns it will retaliate if UK imposes sanctions

  01-09-2026 21:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK's Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband pledged on Tuesday to introduce a "comprehensive reset" of policy on Israel.
  
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