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Andrea Jenkyns on the Jeremy Vine show
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Reform mayor courted American oil and gas executive about fracking in the UK

Olivia Barber
24 February, 2026

Fracking was banned over environmental risks, but Andrea Jenkyns wants to bring the practice back in Lincolnshire

ICE agents carrying out an enforcement operation
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A terrifying prospect: Reform pledge to create ICE-style agency

Basit Mahmood
23 February, 2026

Reform has gone full Trump

Dave Calfe
News

Meet ASLEF’s new general secretary, Dave Calfe

Olivia Barber
23 February, 2026

Dave Calfe speaks with Left Foot Forward about fully nationalising the railway, the Employment Rights Act and the Birmingham bin strikes

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Reform’s new head of policy has some pretty awful views on Ukraine and Putin

Basit Mahmood
23 February, 2026

James Orr has a range of worrying, radical views about Russia and Ukraine

unison UK's largest union
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Matt Goodwin said that Reform wants to put unions ‘under review’

Olivia Barber
23 February, 2026

“Reform UK can talk all it likes about being the “voice of workers”, but putting public sector unions “under review” tells you exactly who they are.”

Reform UK's logo

Reform closer to losing control of Kent County Council after major defections

Basit Mahmood
23 February, 2026

It was supposed to be Reform’s flagship council…

Matt Goodwin, Reform's candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election
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Reform UK’s by-election candidate faced sexual harassment complaint at GB News

Olivia Barber
23 February, 2026

Nigel Farage was aware of the complaint when he selected Matt Goodwin as Reform’s by-election candidate

Rupert Lowe
News

Rupert Lowe asks High Court to block parliamentary watchdog investigation

Olivia Barber
20 February, 2026

Lowe’s lawyers say the investigation could “end his career”

Green Party Gorton and Denton by-election candidate Hannah Spencer
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Hannah Spencer: ‘We need more people who do jobs like mine in Parliament’

Olivia Barber
20 February, 2026

The Greens’ by-election candidate speaks to Left Foot Forward about why Parliament needs more working class MPs and her mission to restore trust in politics

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Unite the union slams BAE systems for making ‘obscene’ profits while offering a raw deal to workers

Basit Mahmood
20 February, 2026

‘Without the skilled work of our members, the company doesn’t make money.”

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