Reform UK councillors in Doncaster have selected a new group leader following the resignation of their previous head. Craig Ward, who represents the Roman Ridge ward, has been selected after previous leader Guy Aston stepped down in November 2025.

New Labour campaign will remind voters that it is mostly former Conservative ministers jumping ship to Nigel Farage’s party

Reform UK has grown from a fringe euroskeptic movement into a major force in British politics. By railing against immigration and the rising cost of living, the party led by Brexit figurehead Nigel Farage has siphoned support from the governing Labour party and Conservative opposition to fracture the old two-party system.

Former Conservative chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has become the latest politician to defect to Reform UK. Mr Zahawi revealed the move at a press conference in central London on Monday, where he appeared alongside Nigel Farage.

Reform UK's Gorton and Denton by-election campaign has already spiralled into chaos - ahead of the unveiling of the party's candidate for the election race at a press conference

Kemi Badenoch will denounce the ‘psychodrama’ of both Reform UK and Labour in a major speech. In an apparent challenge to moderates within her own party, the Conservative leader is also expected to tell them to “move on” and stop pretending “nothing bad is happening”.

At a press conference on Monday, Nigel Farage announced that the former Conservative home secretary had defected to his party.

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