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July 1, 2026
News
UK

Officers Probed for Gross Misconduct Over Henry Nowak’s Wrongful Arrest.

Two police officers are under investigation for gross misconduct following the wrongful arrest of white murder victim Henry Nowak, who was fatally stabbed by a Sikh man in Southampton.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Two police officers are being investigated by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) for potential gross misconduct in connection with the wrongful arrest and subsequent death of white student Henry Nowak, 18, who had been fatally stabbed by Vickrum Digwa, 23, with a Sikh religious dagger in Southampton, England.
📺 DETAIL: Henry Nowak told police officers he had been stabbed and asked for an ambulance, but they refused to believe him and arrested him based on an unsubstantiated allegation of racism from his murderer, later deemed to be false in court. Nowak lost consciousness shortly after being handcuffed and pinned on his side and later died, with police taking eight minutes to realize he had been stabbed. Notably, Digwa was never put in handcuffs, even after he was arrested for attempted murder. The officers are being investigated for alleged breaches of professional standards, including their use of force, duties and responsibilities, and conduct. Vickrum Digwa, 23, was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment on June 1 for Nowak’s murder, but will be eligible for parole after serving a minimum term of just 21 years.
🎯 IMPACT: The IOPC investigation intensifies the questions around the police response to Nowak’s murder, with Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage and many others suspecting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) ideology and anti-white prejudice led officers to treat Digwa’s allegations of racism more seriously than Nowak saying he had been stabbed. Notably, official police guidance says that, to achieve “racial equity” and “equality of policing outcomes,” different ethnic groups in Britain should be treated differently, not the same.

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Two police officers are under investigation for gross misconduct following the wrongful arrest of white murder victim Henry Nowak, who was fatally stabbed by a Sikh man in Southampton.

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June 30, 2026
Health
News
UK

First Suspected Ebola Case Detected in Britain.

A hospital in Glasgow, Scotland, is testing a patient for suspected Ebola, marking Britain’s first suspected case since an Ebola outbreak in Central Africa was announced in May.

PULSE POINTS
❓ WHAT HAPPENED: A patient is being tested for Ebola at a hospital in Glasgow, Scotland.
📺 DETAIL: On Tuesday, it was announced that a patient was being tested for Ebola at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow. While Public Health Scotland (PHS), the country’s main public health agency, has stated that there are currently no confirmed cases of the virus in Scotland, if the patient tests positive, it will be the first case of Ebola in the United Kingdom since the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was announced earlier this year. The World Health Organization (WHO) has since declared the DRC outbreak a public health emergency. Since it was reported that the patient was being assessed for Ebola, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) Returning Workers Scheme (RWS) has been activated to monitor people returning from high-risk regions. “Where required, contact tracing will occur and contacts may undergo clinical assessment and precautionary testing,” said a PHS spokesman.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “There are currently no confirmed cases of Ebola in Scotland and the risk to the general public remains low.” – Public Health Scotland spokesman.
🎯 IMPACT: If confirmed, this would mark the first case of Ebola in the United Kingdom since the DRC outbreak was declared on May 15. The last time the country had Ebola was 2014, when a Scottish nurse contracted the virus after visiting Sierra Leone, a country on the west coast of Africa. Ebola is rare but deadly. Ebola normally spreads from direct contact with bodily fluids, mainly blood. Symptoms appear after two to 21 days. Early symptoms include headache, fever, and tiredness. More severe symptoms include diarrhea, vomiting, organ failure, and bleeding, both internal and external. The recent outbreak involves the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola, which has no vaccine or specific treatment, making it hard to contain and cure.
📺 FLASHBACK: This story comes roughly a week after it was reported that Ebola had spread to Europe. Earlier in June, France confirmed its first case of Ebola after a French doctor returning from Africa tested positive for the disease. The doctor had been on a humanitarian trip to the DRC. At present, over 1,000 confirmed cases and 277 deaths have been recorded. “Normally when we have these Ebola outbreaks, and I had three of them when I was CDC director, all of which were in the DRC, normally we recognize them when we have five, ten cases, you know, at most… This one really wasn’t picked up until there was over 100 cases,” said Robert Redfield, former Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in an interview in May.

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A hospital in Glasgow, Scotland, is testing a patient for suspected Ebola, marking Britain's first suspected case since an Ebola outbreak in Central Africa was announced in May.

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June 30, 2026
News
UK

WATCH: Farage Blasts Anti-White DEI Agenda for Weakening Britain’s Armed Forces.

Nigel Farage, leader of the Reform UK party, has condemned the impact of DEI policies on the effectiveness of the British armed forces.

PULSE POINTS
❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage criticized the British armed forces for prioritizing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies over meritocracy in a video statement published on Tuesday, arguing that it has undermined military readiness and effectiveness.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “We’ve decided it’s better for the DEI anti-white agenda to pervade rather than pick the best people for the job. Our military need to be an absolute meritocracy. We need to take the absolute best, those that are physically and mentally the fittest to do the job.” – Nigel Farage
📰 DETAIL: Farage highlighted scandals such as the resignation of Group Captain Lizzy Nickel from the Royal Air Force (RAF) after senior officers refused to listen to her concerns about what was eventually ruled to be an unlawful recruitment policy of discriminating against white male applicants. “[T]he RAF in the last couple of years have now sunk to new lows. Absolute new lows. Like the Army, there are DEI units all the way through the organization,” he said, vowing: “Reform are on the side of our armed forces. We will make sure that the DEI agenda is swept away.”
🎯 IMPACT: Farage noted elsewhere in his speech that “the effectiveness of our armed forces is nothing like it used to be,” recalling how it took “three weeks and one day to send a single Royal naval vessel down to Cyprus to defend an RAF base a couple of months ago.” As well as the DEI agenda, he attributed this to years of cutbacks when the Conservatives (Tories) were in government from 2010 to 2024, with the incumbent Labour Party showing “no inclination to change any of that, leading, of course, to the recent row with the resignation of the Defence Secretary and a defense minister.”

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Nigel Farage, leader of the Reform UK party, has condemned the impact of DEI policies on the effectiveness of the British armed forces.

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June 29, 2026
Immigration
News
UK

One Year’s Intake of Asylum Seekers to Cost $6.7 Billion.

Nigel Farage has raised concerns over the financial burden of asylum seekers granted residency under human rights laws, citing Home Office figures estimating a ~$6.7 billion lifetime cost from just one year’s intake.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Nigel Farage has warned that Britain‘s border crisis is “bankrupting” the country after Home Office data revealed that 34,400 migrants granted residency in Britain last year under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), the so-called right to “private and family life” often used to shield migrants with relations in Britain from deportation, is projected to cost British taxpayers the equivalent of about $6.7 billion over their lifetimes.
📺 DETAIL:  The report estimated an average lifetime net fiscal cost of roughly $193,000 per migrant. The projection includes spending on healthcare, education, welfare, and pensions, while accounting for future tax contributions, but excludes the costs associated with dependants, meaning the overall fiscal impact could be higher. Farage said the figures demonstrate the long-term financial burden of current immigration policies and argued that continued small-boat crossings across the English Channel are placing unsustainable pressure on public finances. Home Office analysis also found that more than 77,000 people were granted permission to remain on Article 8 grounds in 2025, representing more than half of all successful family-related immigration applications. Reform UK figures, including Robert Jenrick, said the findings strengthen the case for tougher immigration controls and limiting the role of the ECHR in removal decisions.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “Allowing those boats to cross the Channel is bankrupting Britain.” – Nigel Farage
🎯 IMPACT: The $6.7 billion cost is nearly equivalent to the $6.8 billion welfare budget cut proposed last year and highlights the strain on public finances caused by immigration. The findings have intensified calls for reform, with Reform calling for Britain to leave the ECHR and implement stricter deportation rules.
📺 FLASHBACK: The ECHR has long been a contentious issue in UK politics, with Brexit advocates and others arguing that foreign courts and conventions should not dictate domestic immigration policies.

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Nigel Farage has raised concerns over the financial burden of asylum seekers granted residency under human rights laws, citing Home Office figures estimating a ~$6.7 billion lifetime cost from just one year's intake.

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June 29, 2026
Immigration
News
UK

Labour Plans to Let Members of the Public Decide Asylum Appeals and Import Migrants via ‘Sponsorship’ Scheme.

Britain’s Labour Party government has proposed a new public-led tribunal system to expedite asylum appeals, and a scheme for private entities and individuals to sponsor the importation of migrants.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: The British government’s Home Secretary has proposed plans to create public panels to oversee asylum decisions, and a “sponsorship” scheme to let private entities and persons pay to import migrants.
📺 DETAIL: British Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, roughly equivalent to the U.S. Homeland Security Secretary, has announced plans to create the Independent Immigration Appeals Authority (IIAA). The IIAA will include a new public-led tribunal system to oversee asylum appeals. Following a magistrate-style training process, “professionally trained and independently appointed” members of the public, selected from a wide array of backgrounds, will adjudicate appeals against rejected asylum claims. The creation of the IIAA is included in the Immigration and Asylum Bill, and its implementation could potentially begin in late 2027.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “The ‘members of the public’ will be just like the BBC Question Time audience, stacked with the usual hand-picked open borders activists and even men who broke in illegally. Who then nod through every claim. Reform UK will NOT recognise any decisions made by these ‘adjudicators’. Nobody who broke into Britain illegally, will be allowed to stay. Even if granted leave to remain by Tories or Labour, they will stripped of that status deported. The British people have had enough.” – Zia Yusuf
🎯 IMPACT: According to a leaked government report last week, the British government cannot deport half of the illegal immigrants known to be in Britain due to asylum and human rights claims. Out of the 412,191 migrants with “no status in the UK,” 201,926 were deemed “not removable” due to pending legal challenges related to asylum claims. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage singled out the decision to implement the migrant sponsorship scheme, which he described as a “Homes for Ukraine-style migrant scheme,” which will reportedly allow migrants from African countries like Sudan and Eritrea to enter Britain. As noted by Farage, the nationalities are significantly overrepresented in violent and sexual crime in Britain, and are the home countries of several high-profile criminals, such as “Deng Majek, the illegal migrant who murdered Rhiannon Whyte” and Mohamed Harun, a refugee who shouted “f**k England” after being sentenced for raping a woman. “Labour have no mandate whatsoever for this. If Burnham wants one, he must call a general election… When it comes to so-called ‘asylum seekers’ from nations very different to our own, we are long past full. A Reform government will reverse this ridiculous scheme. Or, better yet, the whole thing should be cancelled now,” said Farage on X.

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Britain's Labour Party government has proposed a new public-led tribunal system to expedite asylum appeals, and a scheme for private entities and individuals to sponsor the importation of migrants.

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June 29, 2026
News
Politics
UK

Farage Blasts ‘Open Borders Andy’ Burnham’s 10-Year Plan for Britain.

Nigel Farage, leader of the Reform UK party, has criticized “Open Borders Andy” Burnham, the likely next Prime Minister, following a flagship speech on Monday.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Nigel Farage, leader of the Reform UK party, criticized presumptive Prime Minister Andy Burnham for his plans to increase devolution, arguing it won’t solve key national issues. Burnham outlined his ten-year plan for Britain in a speech on Monday, ahead of his expected rise to replace the outgoing Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “What the country wants is immediate action. And I tell you what, they’re not going to get it from Mr. Burnham or, should I say, Open Borders Andy.” – Nigel Farage
📰 DETAIL: Farage questioned the effectiveness of devolution, that is, devolving more decision-making powers from the central government to regional bodies. Specifically, Farage questioned whether devolution to London, Wales, and Scotland had helped in addressing concerns such as safety, healthcare, and political corruption. “Has devolution in London, with Mayor Sadiq Khan, made London’s streets safer? No. Has devolution in Wales given a better [National Health Service] or education? No… Has devolution in Scotland cleaned up Scottish politics… no,” argued Farage on Monday, ciiting the recent imprisonment of former  Chief Executive of the Scottish National Party Peter Murrell for embezzling funds. Farage further criticized Burnham’s plan as lacking urgency and failing to address Britain’s current challenges, such as illegal immigration and the national debt. “He [Burnham] says it will take ten years to lift Britain back up to where it needs to be… Those of us that believe that Britain is broken would say we haven’t got ten years, the country will be totally unrecognizable in ten years,” said Farage.
🎯 IMPACT: This represents another line of attack in Reform’s critique of Burnham. Reform Shadow Home Secretary Zia Yusuf has already criticized Burnham’s immigration plans. Specifically, Yusuf warned that Burnham intends to relocate over 10,000 asylum seekers from African countries like Sudan and Eritrea, whose nationals are disproportionately convicted of severe crimes such as violent and sexual assault, to Britain. “Labour has no mandate for this. It was not in their manifesto. The British people voted repeatedly for less immigration, yet keep being subjected to more,” said Yusuf on Sunday.

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Nigel Farage, leader of the Reform UK party, has criticized "Open Borders Andy" Burnham, the likely next Prime Minister, following a flagship speech on Monday.

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June 29, 2026
Crime
News
UK

Official Police Watchdog Investigating Officer Bias in Henry Nowak’s Arrest.

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is investigating whether Hampshire Police’s wrongful arrest of white murder victim Henry Nowak was influenced by nearby anti-immigration protests.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: The official police watchdog in the United Kingdom has announced an investigation into whether officers involved in the wrongful arrest of white murder victim Henry Nowak, 18, were influenced by nearby anti-immigration protests.
📺 DETAIL: The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has expanded its investigation into Hampshire Police after Henry Nowak, an 18-year-old white student stabbed to death by 23-year-old Vickrum Digwa with a Sikh religious dagger, was wrongfully handcuffed in December last year by officers who refused to believe he had been stabbed, after Digwa and his relatives falsely accused him of racism. The IOPC announced its expanded investigation this week following six months of prior investigation into Nowak’s arrest. The investigation will assess whether officers were influenced by anti-immigration protests occurring near the crime scene. Specifically, Nowak’s wrongful arrest and murder occurred a short distance away from Highfield House Hotel. Locals and anti-immigration activists have been demonstrating outside the hotel, which is hosting migrants at taxpayers’ expense, since May 2025. There have been clashes between activists and migrants, resulting in five arrests and five dispersal orders since the protests began. One of the orders was issued just days before Nowak’s arrest. The IOPC will also look into the use of handcuffs on Nowak—Digwa, notably, was never handcuffed, even after his belated arrest for attempted murder—and the provision of first aid to Nowak, but has decided not to pursue misconduct charges against the individual officers involved in the teenager’s wrongful arrest.
🎯 IMPACT: The investigation raises questions about police conduct and impartiality in the context of immigration, with officers seemingly willing to believe an unsubstantiated allegation of racism against a white person with little investigation, and treating it more seriously than an allegation of stabbing against an ethnic minority. The outcome of the investigation is likely to influence the push by Reform UK leader Nigel Farage to end two-tier policing and institutional anti-white racism in the United Kingdom. Officers may have failed to assist Nowak and believed the Digwa family’s false claim that Nowak had racially abused them to avoid accusations of racism from migrant and ethnic minority groups.
📺 FLASHBACK: This represents another branch of the investigation into Henry Nowak’s murder and wrongful arrest. Last week, new bodycam footage revealed that the police treated Nowak and Digwa very differently. Specifically, the footage revealed that Digwa was not handcuffed when he was arrested for attempted murder, with the sympathetic officer agreeing, “I know,” as Digwa falsely claimed that he had been “racistly [sic] attacked.” In contrast, police refused to believe Nowak had been stabbed when he told them he needed an ambulance. Nowak seemingly passed out and died almost immediately after being pinned down and handcuffed by officers, after having remained conscious for over an hour before they intervened.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “We have been updating our terms of reference following recent discussions with Henry’s family. Once all concerned parties are notified we will be in a position to provide further information.” – IOPC spokesman

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The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) is investigating whether Hampshire Police's wrongful arrest of white murder victim Henry Nowak was influenced by nearby anti-immigration protests.

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June 29, 2026
Immigration
News
UK

Reform’s Zia Yusuf Warns Against Andy Burnham’s Plan to Fly in Thousands More Migrants.

Zia Yusuf, Shadow Home Secretary for Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party, has warned that Labour’s immigration policies under Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s expected successor, Andy Burnham, will exacerbate Britain’s immigration crisis.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Reform UK’s Shadow Home Secretary, Zia Yusuf, has criticized Labour’s immigration plans, warning that Sir Keir Starmer’s likely successor as Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, will worsen Britain’s immigration crisis. In a Sunday video statement shared on social media, Yusuf warned that Burnham intends to relocate over 10,000 asylum seekers from countries like Sudan and Eritrea, whose nationals are disproportionately convicted of violent and sexual offenses.
📰 DETAIL: Yusuf argues that Labour lacks a mandate for such immigration policies, as they were not included in their manifesto (election platform) in 2024. He also highlights concerns about the potential for up to 2.2 million immigrants to gain so-called indefinite leave to remain (ILR) and full access to welfare benefits if Burnham blocks a plan to retrospectively change the waiting period for ILR from five to ten years. “Britain has once again been betrayed by a political class that refuses to secure the border, refuses to enforce the law and refuses to put British people first. Under Andy Burnham, this will only get worse,” Reform said in a statement published Monday.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “Labour has no mandate for this. It was not in their manifesto. The British people voted repeatedly for less immigration, yet keep being subjected to more.” – Zia Yusuf
🎯 IMPACT: Yusuf warns that Burnham’s policies could cost taxpayers £50 billion (~$66.2 billion), equating to £1,800 (~$2,400) per household, and argues that only Reform UK can be trusted to protect Britain’s borders and taxpayers. Burnham is expected to take over from Starmer as Labour leader and Prime Minister within a matter of weeks, with Starmer having resigned following heavy losses to Reform in local elections, and no clear challenger to Burnham emerging.

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Zia Yusuf, Shadow Home Secretary for Nigel Farage's Reform UK party, has warned that Labour's immigration policies under Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's expected successor, Andy Burnham, will exacerbate Britain's immigration crisis.

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June 26, 2026
Crime
Immigration
UK

UK Airport Attacker Gets Light Sentence for Breaking Policewoman’s Nose.

A 21-year-old Muslim man has been sentenced to just three and a half years in prison for violently assaulting two female police officers and a Starbucks customer at Manchester Airport.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Mohammed Fahir Amaaz, 21, from the rape gang hotspot Rochdale, was sentenced to three and a half years in prison after assaulting two female police officers and a Starbucks customer at Manchester Airport in July 2024. The violent incident began when Amaaz headbutted a man in a Starbucks cafe and escalated as officers attempted to arrest him.
📺 DETAIL: Amaaz was convicted last year at Liverpool Crown Court for assaulting Police Constable Lydia Ward, PC Ellie Cook, and the Starbucks customer. Muslims in Rochdale initially accused the police of racism and surrounded the local police station after the incident, based on partial footage showing an armed officer kicking Amaaz while he was being subdued. During Amaaz’s attack, PC Ward, who has since been promoted to Sergeant, suffered a broken nose. “I am the one who was injured, not you. You had the whole world listening to you, and you showed no remorse. Not one ounce,” Ward said in court of the aftermath of the assault, adding: “You allowed the public to feel sorry for you. You made out like we had done something wrong when all we were doing was our job.”
💬 KEY QUOTE: “Take away that I am a police officer. Look at me, standing here. “What do you see? I’ll tell you what you see. You see a female. A female who is 5’2” and at the time of the incident, I weighed no more than eight stone [112 pounds]. You are a male and you chose to attack me without a second thought. You chose to attack a female. You knocked me to the ground with one punch, with so much force you broke my nose… I look at myself now and I can see the difference in my face compared to how it was before this happened. You did that to me. You changed my face… I fear for the women in your life.” – Lydia Ward, addressing Amaaz in court
🎯 IMPACT: The sentence is relatively light, and Amaaz is highly unlikely to serve it in full, with almost all prisoners in Britain being eligible for early release.

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June 26, 2026
News
UK

Farage’s Reform Party Sweeps Seven Special Elections in a Single Night.

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party won a string of local government by-elections (special elections) on Thursday, showing it is maintaining its momentum against the establishment Labour and Conservative parties.

PULSE POINTS
❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Nigel Farage’s Reform UK won seven local council by-elections (special elections) on Thursday, proving it retains significant momentum against the governing Labour Party and the formerly governing Conservatives (Tories).
💬 KEY QUOTE: “Labour is losing its grip, and the Conservatives are fading into irrelevance. Only Reform UK is moving forward. ” – Reform UK party statement
🎯 IMPACT: Reform’s victories underscore a growing disenchantment with Britain’s established political parties, which have dominated the country’s politics for a century. National polls show Reform consistently in first place or a close second in terms of voter support ahead of the next general election, which much be held by 2029 but could be called earlier.
📰 DETAIL: Reform took seats from both Labour and the Conservatives, breaking new ground in certain areas. In St Helens Town Centre, for instance, Reform UK won with almost 40 percent of the vote, having not even run a candidate the last time the seat was contested in 2022. Reform’s strong performance in the council by-elections suggests that a convincing victory for Labour’s Andy Burnham in a parliamentary by-election last week is not translating into a significant spike in national support for the governing party.
👀 FLASHBACK: In the local elections of May, Reform UK won 1,451 council seats and took control of 14 councils, marking a significant breakthrough in areas traditionally dominated by Labour and the Conservatives. This victory precipitated a coup within Labour against Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, who has since announced his resignation.

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Nigel Farage's Reform UK party won a string of local government by-elections (special elections) on Thursday, showing it is maintaining its momentum against the establishment Labour and Conservative parties.

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