Reform UK Plans £10 Million Media Operation Following Record Donations
Reform UK is recruiting staff for a planned YouTube-based media operation with an estimated initial budget above £10 million, following major donations announced in September.

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Reform UK is recruiting staff for a planned YouTube-based media operation with an estimated initial budget above £10 million, following major donations announced in September.
Police Scotland is assessing information about election spending paperwork involving nine unsuccessful Reform UK candidates at the May 2026 Holyrood election. Reform UK acknowledges administrative errors; no criminal wrongdoing has been established.
Reform UK has suspended activist and aspiring parliamentary candidate Jason Powell after undercover ITV footage recorded comments about migrants and Muslims. An internal investigation is under way.
Three councillors elected for Reform UK in Castle Bromwich have resigned from Solihull Council after an ITV undercover investigation, prompting three ward by-elections. A fourth vacancy has arisen in Birmingham.
Nigel Farage has defended Reform UK’s vetting procedures during a visit to Chelmsford after an ITV undercover investigation recorded offensive and racist remarks by councillors and candidates.
Reform UK has opened investigations after ITV undercover recordings captured councillors and candidates making racist, sexist and violent remarks. Several councillors have left the party.
Kemi Badenoch has criticised Nigel Farage over comments suggesting a Chagos-related deal with Donald Trump in exchange for restraint over the Falklands. Reform UK says Farage meant long-term US use of Diego Garcia, not a transfer of the archipelago.
Nigel Farage has clarified Reform UK’s position after Robert Jenrick suggested Royal Marines could use lethal force while intercepting small boats in the Channel.
Conservatives rise to 23% in the latest YouGov poll, ahead of Reform UK on 21%, while Labour leads with 24%.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has ordered an independent review of protection for public figures and expanded police support beyond serving MPs following Ann Widdecombe’s murder.
Farage says children would not be exempt under Reform’s proposed asylum crackdown, according to live reporting.
Nigel Farage has announced plans to suspend asylum grants for five years if Reform wins power, alongside measures targeting pending cases and refugee resettlement.
Reform UK says existing public-sector inspections could be used to check immigration status, claiming the approach could increase enforcement capacity by between ten and forty times.
Labour has opened a five-point lead over Reform UK in the latest YouGov poll for The Times, with Labour on 27%, Reform on 22% and the Conservatives remaining third on 20%.
Joshua Kerry, who is already charged with the murder of Ann Widdecombe, has now been charged with preparation of terrorist acts, including alleged activity against Nigel Farage MP.
YouGov's first Westminster MRP since Andy Burnham became Prime Minister projects Labour as the largest party on 241 seats, but 85 short of an overall majority.
YouGov's first MRP since Andy Burnham became Prime Minister projects Labour would remain the largest party on 241 seats but lose its Commons majority if an election were held now.
Helen Jenner has been elected leader of Reform UK Wales and will head the party's group in the Senedd following the resignation of Dan Thomas.
Nigel Farage has said he wants Donald Trump's border chief Tom Homan to help secure Britain's borders, although no formal role or agreement has been announced.
Reform UK has taken the Conservative-held East Markham ward on Bassetlaw District Council, with Matthew Evans winning 436 votes to the Conservatives' 250.
Sarah Cooper-Lesadd has quit Reform UK and joined Plaid Cymru four months after being elected, saying her former party is not serious about governing Wales.
Nigel Farage has warned trade union funding of Labour could be targeted if retrospective legislation prevents Reform UK keeping its £72 million in donations from Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne.
Nigel Farage has refused to say whether Reform UK's £72 million in donations from Ben Delo and Christopher Harborne will comply with retrospective political funding rules currently passing through Parliament.
Welsh First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth has warned Andy Burnham not to treat Wales like an English region as he presses the Prime Minister to devolve policing and justice powers.
Sir John Curtice has warned that an early General Election called by Andy Burnham could backfire and potentially leave Reform UK as the largest party in Parliament.
British crypto entrepreneur Ben Delo has announced a record £36 million donation to Reform UK, giving Nigel Farage's party a major financial boost ahead of the next general election.
Reform UK has gained Hutton & Locking from the Conservatives after William 'Will' Jones was elected to North Somerset Council.
The Metropolitan Police has widened an existing criminal investigation involving Reform UK after detectives assessed fresh allegations concerning political donations and polling.
Nigel Farage has admitted that undercover footage at the centre of Reform UK's foreign-donations controversy 'looks bad', while maintaining that the party broke no law and accepted no illegal money.
West Midlands Police has appealed for a female protester to come forward after footage from Reform UK’s Birmingham conference appeared to show audience members pulling her hair and grabbing her head as she was removed.
Suella Braverman has pledged that a Reform UK government would scrap limits on medical training places for British students within its first 100 days, promising to resign if she failed to deliver.
Reform UK has pledged to raise the income tax personal allowance from £12,570 to £15,000 within its first 100 days in government, with the party saying most taxpayers would save around £500 a year.
The British Polling Council says JL Partners clearly breached its transparency rules over polling linked to Reform UK, while the Market Research Society has referred the matter to its standards board.
Reform UK and France’s National Rally have signed a memorandum of understanding setting out how they would work together to stop Channel small-boat crossings if both parties enter government.
The Metropolitan Police is assessing allegations over Reform UK and political donations after an undercover investigation into foreign-funded polling, while two senior party figures have stepped down pending an internal inquiry.
James Orr and Dan Jukes have stepped down from senior Reform UK roles while the party investigates allegations concerning political donations and polling aired by Channel 4 News.
Reform UK plans investor meetings in London and New York as Robert Jenrick pledges more than £100 billion of spending reductions in the party's first 100 days in government.
Reform UK accepted more than £5.3 million in donations during the second quarter of 2026, comfortably out-raising Labour and the Conservatives, according to new Electoral Commission figures.
Reform UK has pledged a police-led taskforce to scrutinise asylum-accommodation contractors and proposed criminal liability for senior executives where residents commit violence against women and girls.
Suella Braverman has categorically ruled out joining a Reform-Conservative coalition government, reversing her previous support for cooperation between the parties on the political right.
Reform UK has unveiled sweeping election-law proposals including English-language comprehension checks at polling stations, severe restrictions on postal voting, the removal of Commonwealth voting rights and limits on foreign-language campaign material.
Labour has taken Billinge & Seneley Green from Reform UK in a St Helens council by-election, less than four months after Reform swept all three seats in the ward.
Reform UK has pledged to replace the UK's GDPR framework with a lighter-touch privacy regime modelled on New Zealand as part of a wider package aimed at small businesses.
Reform UK has proposed giving British-born workers under 35, young families and veterans greater priority for social housing while pledging 50,000 affordable homes a year.
A public dispute and the suspension of Tim Montgomerie have exposed tensions inside Reform UK, encouraging Conservatives who believe their party may yet recover.
A parliamentary standards investigation concerning Nigel Farage has resumed following his return to the House of Commons, but no finding has been made that he breached the rules.
Nigel Farage has returned to Parliament after comfortably winning the Clacton by-election, securing 22,239 votes as Count Binface finished second in the record 34-candidate contest.
Zia Yusuf’s posts accusing former defence secretary Sir Ben Wallace of treachery remained online after Nigel Farage publicly called the language ‘over the top’ and promised his Reform UK spokesman a ‘ticking off’.
Kemi Badenoch has written an open letter to Clacton voters criticising Nigel Farage's by-election, as the Conservatives sit out the contest.
Reform UK’s Operation Fortress has sparked a confrontation with France, an attack on the BBC from Richard Tice and a provocative Second World War jibe from Sarah Pochin.
Rupert Lowe has accused Nigel Farage of misrepresenting a private message exchanged after the Restore Britain leader offered to cooperate with Reform UK—but says his offer remains open.
Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe has publicly offered to explore cooperation with Nigel Farage and Reform UK, while making any agreement conditional on five policy demands.
The Clacton parliamentary by-election will be held on Thursday, 13 August 2026, with Nigel Farage facing a record field of 33 other candidates.
Andy Burnham has called for a new cross-party approach to social care, with Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey backing efforts while Reform UK leader Nigel Farage criticised the talks.