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Create 10-Year “Standalone Plan” To Fix Social Care, Say Local Leaders
Health Secretary Wes Streeting speaks with staff on visit to St. George’s Hospital, in London
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The Government must create a decade-long plan for social care if the long-term strategy for repairing the National Health Service hopes to succeed, local authority leaders have said.
The Local Government Association (LGA) said it is “essential” that action on adult social care forms “a core part” of the 10-year plan for the health service.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting launched a consultation in October inviting the country to shape the Government’s plans for the NHS.
The Department for Health and Social Care said that the responses will shape plans to fix “broken” health service and build an NHS fit for the future, which are expected to be published in the Spring.
The LGA, which represents councils and local authorities, has submitted proposals to the Government focusing on the importance of social care to the wider NHS challenge.
In the submission, shared with PoliticsHome, the LGA said: “It is essential that action on adult social care forms a core part of the 10-year plan – without this, real change and improvement to people’s lives and outcomes will not be possible.”
It said it was “vital” that adult social care “is not left behind again”.
“The absence of any announcements on reform, alongside severe escalating financial pressures, and increases in the volume and complexity of demand is becoming more and more of a concern across local government and the wider care sector.”
There has been growing concern about the pressures facing social care in the UK while in recent years successive governments have failed to implement major reforms.
A survey early last month showed that 72 per cent of councils overspent on their adult social care budgets in 2023-24.
In an interview with PoliticsHome being published this weekend, Chief Executive Officer of NHS England Amanda Pritchard said it is “definitely not possible to talk about the NHS without talking about social care”.
She said: “It’s also really important social care is talked about in its own right, not just in relation to the NHS, but we would absolutely recognise the importance of, just as we did a long-term plan for health, what the government has just said about a similar commitment to doing a long term plan for social care.”
Health and Social Care Committee chair Layla Moran recently told The House: “We are basically at a standstill with social care.
“You can’t tackle the issues in the NHS, let alone the wider productivity issues in the economy, in our view, without looking at social care.”
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves promised £600m for social care in her October. Budget. This amounts to just 1.5 per cent of the £38.6bn councils have already set aside to spend on adults’ and children’s social care this year and next.
LGA also called for the Government to inject “immediate funding to alleviate the worst consequences of the current challenges” and “end the reliance on council tax and the social care precept as a key means for funding adult social care”.
The LGA said that investing in care and support “must also be seen as a key enabler of delivering the Government’s mission to build an NHS that is fit for the future, particularly the move to a more preventative model of health and care”.
“More broadly, given its scale and size, adult social care can play an important part in helping to deliver the Government’s mission on economic growth.”
Councilor David Fothergill, Chair of the LGA’s Community Wellbeing Board, told PoliticsHome: “It’s good to see the NHS getting a long-term plan, but adult social care needs the same level of focus and commitment at the top of government.
“A plan for social care reform isn’t just about funding — it’s about thinking through how the government works with the public, private and voluntary sectors, the workforce and — crucially — people drawing on care and support, to codesign a new system that helps people live independent, fulfilling lives.”
A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson told PoliticsHome: “This Government is determined to tackle the significant challenges facing adult social care and build a National Care Service so everybody can access the high-quality care they deserve.
“The 10-Year Health Plan will enable health and social care services to work together better to provide that joined-up care.
“The Chancellor has also announced £680m of new social care funding, as well as an £86m increase for the Disabled Facilities Grant, which are part of a wider package to bolster support for councils.”
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Reform UK unveils plan to STOP the boats upon entering No10 as chairman says Royal Navy on standby
Reform UK Chairman Zia Yusuf has revealed how his party would tackle illegal immigration into Britain if it won the keys to Downing Street.
It comes as migrants continue to make their way across the English Channel despite commitments made by the two main parties to bring down the numbers.
More than 1,000 small boat migrants have crossed the English Channel illegally since the beginning of the year, GB News can exclusively reveal.
The milestone figure was reached a week ahead of last year, when 1,000 migrants had crossed by 28 January.
Nigel Farage would call in the Royal Navy to control numbers, says Reform chairman
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Reacting to a new leaked confidential report that found one in 12 – or 6000 – illegal immigrants are currently living in London, Yusuf has revealed how Nigel Farage would attempt to bring down the numbers if he were to win the next General Election.
He told GB News: “We’ve been very clear that if you come here illegally, if your first act on coming is to break our laws, you will be deported. But first of all, you need to stop the tap. So if the bath is overflowing, you need to stop the water from coming in.
“The first thing Nigel will do when he becomes the Prime Minister of this country, is to pick up the phone to the First Sea Lord and issue an order to His Majesty’s Royal Navy to ensure that not a single unauthorised vessel crossing the English Channel makes it to the shores of the United Kingdom.
“It will be a humanitarian mission. I speak to many people at the most senior levels inside of His Majesty’s Navy who say all they need is political clarity. They keep using that word. Give us political clarity. We will ensure those boats stop coming, nobody’s harmed, they are taken back to France.”
Is this doable?
The Navy would face considerable legal and ethical challenges if it deployed forces to take boats back to France.
International maritime laws, including the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, stipulate that countries must assist any person in distress at sea, which complicates any policy of turning back migrant boats.
There would also be concerns about the humanitarian aspects, where such actions could lead to loss of life or further endanger migrants.
Furthermore, it would require buy-in from the French, who have raised legal and humanitarian concerns about any strategy involving turning back boats and pushed back against unilateral efforts by the UK to control immigration.
However, Reform’s proposal has considerable backing in Britain, polling suggests.
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A whopping 99 per cent were in favour of the policy, while just one per cent disagreed
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At the end of last year, GB News Members were asked whether they think Britain should turn boats back to France.
A whopping 99 per cent were in favour of the policy, while just one per cent disagreed.
Proponents point to the continent as evidence that turning back the boats brings down the numbers.
The Italian government recently struck a £90million deal with Tunisia, allowing their border force and coastguard vessels to turn boats around and return them to the Tunisian coast.
This has reduced Mediterranean crossings by more than 60 per cent since taking effect.
GB News has approached the MoD for comment.
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Robert Jenrick’s ‘cynical’ call for Attorney General Lord Hermer ‘conflict of interest’ investigation REJECTED
Solicitor General Lucy Rigby has confirmed Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick’s call for an investigation into Attorney General Lord Richard Hermer has been rejected.
Jenrick had penned a letter to Cabinet Secretary Sir Chris Wormald over the weekend demanding answers to the Attorney General’s work with previous clients.
In the letter, seen by GB News, the Shadow Justice Secretary, Lord Hermer’s listed clients included Sri Lankan asylum seekers in the Chagos Islands, ex-Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams, Afghan families associated with the ongoing Afghan inquiry and parties interested in Shamima Begum’s citizenship case.
Dismissing Jenrick’s calls for a probe, Rigby told MPs: “I have outlined the rigorous process that exists in the Attorney General’s Office and has existed across administrations of all colours.
Attorney General Lord Richard HermerPA“The House may be aware that the shadow justice secretary [Robert Jenrick] has written to the Cabinet Secretary [Sir Chris Wormald] seeking clarity… on that process and an investigation into it, the Cabinet Secretary has today confirmed by reply that the Attorney General’s Office has a rigorous system in place to ensure that a law officer would not be consulted on any matter that could give rise to a potential conflict of interest.
“He has restated that these arrangements are long standing and part of a standard practice that has applied in successive administrations.”
Rigby also accused the Tories of being “cynical” by linking the Attorney General to his previous clients, including ex-Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams.
However, Tory MP Ben Obese-Jecty questioned if Lord Hermer’s role as Attorney General remained tenable.
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He said: “The current Attorney General has a track record of taking up multiple cases against the British government. Given his previous work both with regard to Gerry Adams and the families of those making claims against UK special forces, on which matters will the Attorney General recuse himself from advising ministers owing to clear conflicts of interests?
“And if he is not able to fulfil the full scope of his role owing to his prior career, is his position even tenable?”
Rigby replied: “I am afraid I couldn’t be more clear. I have already said that where the Attorney General has conflicts he will recuse himself.”
Today’s row came after the Tories secured an urgent question in the House of Commons.
Attorney General Richard Hermer and Leader of the House of Lords Baroness Smith leave 10 Downing StreetPALord Hermer came under fire last week after it was revealed that Labour’s will repeal a law that blocked Adams from claiming compensation for his detention.
The Attorney General represented Mr Adams in a separate case where the former Sinn Fein president was being sued by the victims of three IRA bomb attacks.
However, Hermer insisted his work with Adams was unconnected to the legislation.
Rigby said: “It is a central and well understood aspect of the British legal system… that barristers are required to accept instructions if they are available and qualified to do so.”
She added: “She will also be very aware that put simply barristers are not their clients.
“As the Bar Council states, barristers do not choose their clients, nor do they associate themselves with their clients’ opinions or behaviour by virtue of representing them.”
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Reform UK: Chairman Zia Yusuf REJECTS Suella Braverman’s offer of a Tory-Reform pact: ‘Betrayed British people!’
Reform UK chairman Zia Yusuf has expressed disappointment at Suella Braverman’s suggestion for an electoral pact between the populist party and the Conservatives.
Speaking on GB News, Yusuf firmly rejected any possibility of a deal with the Tories, questioning how Reform could work with a group that “deal entirely in deception, in falsehoods, and betrayal”.
Yusuf’s comments came after the former Home Secretary called for unity on the right during a visit to Washington DC for Donald Trump’s inauguration.
Speaking on GB News, Yusuf said: “I agree with her that there isn’t space for two, and the reality is Reform has already overtaken the Conservative Party.
Zia Yousef said that Reform will never have a pact with the Tories
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“Look, how can you do a deal? How can you do a pact with a group, with a tribe who deal entirely in deception, in falsehoods, and betrayal?
“They have betrayed the people of Britain to such an extraordinary degree that they will fully deserve the extinction event that’s now facing them.
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“The pollsters have a great deal of discretion to flex things up and down and none of the pollsters want to go first, because pollsters largely have no interest in being correct. They just want to not be demonstrably wrong. You’ll see in the coming weeks, Reform surging ahead of the Tory party, as we already have done in several polls.
“But look, just look at the Tories’ track record here. Over the 14 years that they were in government, they grew the size of the population of the United Kingdom by six and a half million people.
Suella Braverman suggested a pact between the parties
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“They built no new net prison places, which is why we have violent criminals running rampant around the United Kingdom and people feel terrified to leave their homes, particularly women. The 2010, the 2015, the 2017, and the 2019 manifesto, they promised to bring that migration down to the tens of thousands. What did they do? They left office with that number at one million.”
He added: “We will never do a deal with the Tory party, because they will never again get a chance to betray the British.”
Braverman made her comments while attending Trump’s inauguration in Washington DC, where she praised the former President’s style of “unfiltered conservatism”.”
“Donald Trump has not just shifted Overton window, he’s shattered it,” Braverman told The Telegraph.
Zia Yousef said the Tories have “betrayed the British people”
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“He’s made the unsayable mainstream and he’s made the radical much more acceptable to the moderates.”
Braverman added she was open to various forms of cooperation, including “a merger, a coalition, a supply and confidence agreement, or a non-aggression pact”.
The former Home Secretary also aligned herself with Reform UK’s position on leaving the European Convention on Human Rights.
Robert Jenrick has highlighted a severe crisis in England’s court system in his latest episode of Common Sense.
He explained that nearly half of all courtrooms at London’s Central Criminal Court are currently empty in a shocking revelation.
Speaking outside the Old Bailey, Jenrick pointed to 11 vacant courtrooms in the building, describing it as “the beating heart of our legal system”.
The situation is even more dire in Carlisle, where 67 per cent of courtrooms stand empty, while Bristol sees 40 per cent of its courtrooms unused on average each week.
The court system is facing a mounting crisis with a backlog of 73,000 cases, which is increasing by 500 cases every month.
In episode two, Jenrick speaks to James from the Criminal Bar Association, and highlights “the right to a fair trial in a reasonable time frame”.
Watch the second episode of ‘Common Sense with Robert Jenrick’ above
A Labour peer has warned that the Palace of Westminister could be at risk of “catastrophe” after a worrying number of fires over the last decade.
Fire has broken out 45 times in Westminster over the last 10 years, latest figures show.
Labour former cabinet minister Lord Hain said that he fears the site could become a “Notre Dame inferno incubating”, referring to the blaze that devastated the famous cathedral in Paris in 2019.
He criticised the numerous delays that have plagued a multibillion renovation project aimed at revamping the Houses of Parliament.
Lord Hain said Westminster is a ‘catastrophe’ waiting to happen
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Hain, who obtained the breakdown of incidents in Parliament, said the “prevarication and delay” could have “catastrophic consequences”.
Upon learning of the number of fires through a written parliamentary question, Hain said he was “horrified”.
The peer, who served as Commons leader for two years during his time as an MP, said: “I am horrified and these fires demonstrate that there’s a Notre Dame inferno incubating in the palace.
“Parliament decided years ago to a full decant for the proper restoration and renewal of the whole precious world heritage site.
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Hain, who obtained the breakdown of incidents in Parliament, said the ‘prevarication and delay’ could have ‘catastrophic consequences’
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“But ever since then, there has been prevarication and delay which could well have catastrophic consequences.”
Proposals for the multibillion-pound restoration will not be published until the end of 2025.
They will include plans for three options; These are either a full decant of both Houses, the Commons chamber remaining in “various locations” within the Palace or a much cheaper “enhanced maintenance … rolling programme of works”.
Historic England has previously said that the work could last 43 years and cost more than £20billion.
He said the site could become a ‘Notre Dame inferno incubating’, referring to the blaze that devastated the famous cathedral in Paris in 2019
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The public body said that the project would require nearly 3,000 specialist workers each year, devouring the UK’s supply of plasters and window experts.
Carpenters and joiners will also be in demand, Historic England’s report said.
A spokesman for UK Parliament said: “Work is already happening across the parliamentary estate to ensure the safety of those working here and visiting, including refurbishment of historic office buildings and fire safety improvements such as fire door upgrades, compartmentation, fire safety signage and a high-pressure water mist system.
“We remain on track to bring costed proposals for the restoration of the Palace of Westminster to both Houses by the end of the year detailing costs, timescales, risks and benefits of three delivery options, all of which represent a significant, multibillion-pound investment in the palace.”
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Donald Trump has ‘nothing to loose’ in plans to make life ‘inconvenient’ for US immigrants: ‘A fundamental transformation’
US political commentator Ryan Girdusky has praised Donald Trump’s immigration policies, saying the new President “fills us with hope” as he implements sweeping changes.
“If you make it inconvenient for people to be here, they will leave. If they have no promise of Asylum or amnesty or work permits or welfare they will leave,” Girdusky said.
The comments come as Trump begins to make what Girdusky called “real fundamentally long-standing change in the United States” just days into his presidency.
President Trump signed an executive order targeting illegal immigration through America’s southern border, the White House announced earlier this week.
Ryan Girdusky said that Trump is looking to make fundamental changes to immigration
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The measure specifically aims to prevent the “physical entry of aliens engaged in an invasion of the United States” according to the White House press release.
Girdusky told GBN America: “If you make it inconvenient for people to be here they will leave, and if they have no promise of Asylum, amnesty, work permits or welfare they will leave.
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“I think that Trump has nothing to lose at this point and there are a number of people around him who have made this their goal in life, to make a real fundamentally long-standing change in the United States. It’s only been a day or two so we’ll see how it goes.”
He added: “He does give us hope there’s no question about it, I mean there’s no previous Republican president who would have picked a JD Vance as vice president. It just wouldn’t have happened.
“George W Bush didn’t even consider doing all this that Trump is doing right now it’s remarkably different, we can go all the way back to Reagan but that’s talking 40-something years ago. It was a different country.
“It’s a different place you’re talking about, a different planet even. So I think that Trump represents a change.
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“What happens both underneath Trump as far as lower level Republicans go or post-Trump after he retires, because he can only run for one last term, is a different question.
“I think a lot of Republicans realise his popularity but who knows how they actually feel.
“Some will also believe in this fundamental transformation, I’m sure many do not and they’re just grunting and bearing because they realize how popular a President he is among the people.”
The Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice, and Department of State have been directed to take immediate action under the order.
He said that the president “fills us with hope”
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While specific details of the measures were not outlined in the press release, the order signals an intensification of federal border control efforts.
The move underscores what the Trump administration has described as a crisis at the border.
“Within moments of my inauguration, we will begin the largest domestic deportation operation in American history,” Trump had declared earlier in January 2024.
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Rayner under-fire after dismissing Southport stabbing terror connection as Farage demands apology over ‘fake news’ accusation
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has come under-fire after previously dismissing claims that Axel Rudakubana’s Southport attack was terror-related.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage yesterday demanded an apology from Rayner after she also accused him of spreading “fake news” about the perpetrator.
Rudakubana, now 18, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to murdering Alice da Silva Aguiar, aged nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class.
He was referred to the Government’s anti-extremism scheme Prevent three times before his attack in late July, with police later finding an al-Qaeda training manual alongside ricin.
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Following Rudakubana’s guilty plea, Sir Keir Starmer revealed that police and politicians knew about the terrorist connection shortly after the killings.
Farage first likened the horrific attack to terrorism just one day after the stabbings on July 30.
He said: “I have to say there are one or two questions. Was this guy being monitored by the security services? Some reports say he was, others less sure… I just wonder whether the truth is being withheld from us. I don’t know the answer to that. I think it is a fair and legitimate question. What I do know is something is going horribly wrong in our once beautiful country.”
Speaking about Farage at the time, Rayner said: “He must understand that you have a level of responsibility, you’re a community leader, you’re elected to represent your constituency and therefore you have a level of responsibility with that, and it’s not to stoke up what conspiracy theories or what you think might have happened, or lean into what you think.
“There’s a responsibility to say the police are doing a difficult job, local authorities, all of the services that are on the ground.
“We want to establish facts as soon as possible and we have a responsibility to hold the community together and say, let’s get the facts and then let’s look at what the actual solutions are and what we can do about the horrific situation that we find ourselves in, not to stir up these fake news online.”
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Axel RudakubanaPARudakubana, who developed a disturbing interest in school massacres in 2019, was referred to Prevent in the same year after researching shocking information on a school computer.
However, experts rejected concerns about a counter-terrorism risk.
Earlier this week, the Prime Minister confirmed he knew about the details of the case “as they were emerging” but could not risk the case collapsing or the “vile” perpetrator walking away free.
He said: “‘.That is why the law of this country forbade me or anybody else from disclosing details sooner. I wouldn’t be forgiven if I had.”
Starmer added: “It was not my personal decision to withhold this information, any more than it was a journalist’s personal decision not to print or write about it.”
Nigel Farage GB NEWSResponding to Rayner’s previous comments last night, the Reform UK leader told The Telegraph: “Many public figures, including Angela Rayner, made derogatory and inciteful remarks about my comments in the vacuum that followed the terrorist attack in Southport.
“I was right all along. This man was known to the authorities and the truth was withheld. As the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation Jonathan Hall KC confirmed, the public should have been told the truth without damaging the trial. This is an appalling cover-up and I deserve apologies.”
Home Office Minister Jess Phillips separately described Farage as a “grifter”, while Liverpool Riverside MP Kim Johnson argued the Reform UK leader was the “voice of the EDL”.
However, non-Labour politicians also accused Farage of stoking tensions during the subsequent summer riots, including ex-Security Minister Tom Tugendhat.
Axel Rudakubana pleaded guilty to murdering three young girls in the Southport knife attack in July 2024PATugendhat, who was running to replace Rishi Sunak as Tory leader at the time, described the Reform UK leader as “irresponsible and dangerous”.
Ex-Minister Tobias Ellwood even accused the Clacton MP of “stirring up racial hatred”.
However, the former independent review of terrorism legislation Lord Carlile yesterday became the latest senior figure to criticise the decision not to disclose crucial details about Rudakubana’s background.
He told the BBC: “In one instance, they should have made it absolutely clear right from the beginning that this perpetrator was not an immigrant, that he was British-born and had lived in Britain throughout his life.
“It was the false disinformation at saying that he was an immigrant or a recent immigrant that contributed at least to the extent of riots both in Southport and elsewhere.”
Reform UK is eyeing three major electoral upsets today as Farage’s party looks to inflict its first defeats on Labour in 2025.
By-elections, important bell-weather tests that reveal which way the country is voting, have been a nightmare for incumbent Labour since July’s General Election.
Keir Starmer’s party has suffered a net loss of 27 seats, while the Conservatives have recorded a net gain of 22 seats. Reform is up seven.
Today, five more council seats are up for grabs, with Reform poised to mount a strong challenge in three. They are:
Town ward, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Reform’s best chance of causing an upset is likely to come in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, adjacent to Stoke-on-Trent.
Neill Antony Walker is standing for the anti-immigration party. He came third in July’s General Election, 2,000 votes behind the Tories and 6,000 behind eventual winner Adam Jogee of Labour.
But a sophisticated poll-aggregating model shows Reform has eliminated the gap to Labour in the constituency in the time since the election.
The Nowcast model puts Reform on 31.4 per cent in the patch, 0.4 per cent behind Labour and six per cent ahead of the Tories.
Projection for Newcastle-under-Lyme
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Much Woolton and Hunts Cross ward, Liverpool City
An outside chance of an upset for Reform comes in the Much Woolton and Hunts Cross ward in south Liverpool.
A safe Labour area, Reform candidate Adam Heatherington is hoping to capitalise on record levels of mistrust in Starmer’s party.
Heatherington has been unsuccessful in his first 13 elections in which he has stood for UKIP, the Brexit party, as an independent and now Reform UK.
The Nowcast model shows Heatherington faces a tough task. The model puts Labour safely out in front as the largest party, though down 7.9 per cent.
Reform is up 6.7 per cent into second.
Heatherington said: “We have been well received on the doorsteps and there has been an increasing support for Reform UK.
“This is due to the mistrust of Labour which has neglected the working class for their own selfish ideology.
“Labour has put massive distrust and disappointment in the hearts of voters and they look to Reform UK as the last hope for saving Great Britain.”
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Bannockburn ward, Stirling
Reform’s only realistic chance north of the border comes in Bannockburn, one of Stirling’s council wards.
William Docherty is standing for Reform’s party here, who is channelling Robert the Bruce for his campaign.
Docherty said: “Bannockburn has always been a symbol of perseverance and victory against the odds.
“Inspired by Robert the Bruce, who turned defeat into glory right here on our soil, I am stepping forward once again to fight for the future of our community.
“People are ready for a new kind of politics.”
The ward falls within the Westminster seat of Stirling and Strathallan, currently projected as a Labour loss by Nowcast model.
Starmer’s party is set to lose it to the SNP however, with Reform, the Tories and Labour competing for second, though Reform is the only party to have recorded significant growth in support.
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Elsewhere, there is a Liberal Democrat ward up for grabs in Edinburgh and a Labour ward heading to the polls on Shetland.
Labour is guaranteed to lose the Shetland ward as two independent candidates are standing unopposed.
It comes after Reform UK enjoyed another strong batch of poll results over the last seven days.
MoreInCommon put the party joint first on 25 per cent yesterday, while YouGov projected a score of 24 per cent putting them second two points behind Labour on Tuesday.
DeltaPollUK put Reform third on 22 per cent, while Find Out Now had Reform in joint first on 25 per cent last week.
It is important to remember polls do not predict the future but show a snapshot of public opinion on a certain day.
Further, council wards are affected by local issues and suffer from low turnouts, making them difficult to predict.
Local elections are due across England in May. There are also elections for the Welsh and Scottish parliaments in May 2026.
A UK Barrister has said the law “should be changed” on handing life sentences to those under 18, as Axel Rudakubana is set to avoid a whole life sentence for the Southport attack.
Speaking to GB News, Steven Barrett said that Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer “should have used his majority” in Parliament to change the law ahead of Rudakubana’s sentencing.
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Nigel Farage scores HUGE win as British voters put him above Starmer as best PM for the country
Britons say Nigel Farage would be the ‘best prime minister’ in a humiliating blow to Sir Keir Starmer.
With Kemi Badenoch trailing in third place, YouGov’s voting intention poll sends the clearest signal yet that voters are disaffected with the two main parties.
YouGov’s voting intention poll, conducted for the first time since Starmer swept to power in July, asked: Which of the following do you think would make the best Prime Minister?
Nigel Farage topped the leaderboard with 20 per cent of respondents plumping for the Reform leader, with Starmer followed closely behind at 19 per cent.
Reform UK has bagged a major win as Nigel Farage has been voted best prime minister
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Badenoch and Lib Dem leader Ed Davey tussled for third place, garnering nine and eight per cent of the vote respectively.
In a further blow to Starmer, just half of 2024 Labour voters (50 per cent) say he would make the best prime minister from the list of four, although few (two to eight per cent) opt for an alternative, with most of the rest (34 per cent) answering “don’t know”.
Farage, by contrast, has the overwhelming support of his own voters, with 81 per cent backing him for best PM. Again, few (nought to three per cent) prefer one of the other offerings, with the rest (15 per cent) unsure.
The bad news for Starmer comes as he faces serious questions over the grooming gangs scandal and attempts to revive a sluggish economy.
Even if he manages to restore public confidence in the former, the latter will be a much more formidable challenge as Chancellor Reeves looks set to break her own fiscal rules amid rising borrowing costs and global volatility.
All this should be an open goal for the Conservatives but they are still trying to find their feet under Badenoch.
Farage’s message to voters, meanwhile, appears to be cutting through with voters, polling consistently suggests.
He looks set to benefit further from the political winds across the Atlantic.
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Farage looks set to benefit further from the political winds across the Atlantic
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Farage said as much in a speech at his pre-inauguration party for the incoming president in Washington DC on Sunday, telling Republicans that he believes he will win the next election.
Farage called Trump’s 2024 victory the start of a “political tide that is going to sweep across the Western world”, adding that Americans were “lucky” to have the 45th President return to the Oval Office for another term.
The Clacton MP, who joined a number of attendees at the party hosted by Brexit-backing businessman Arron Banks and Andy Wigmore, said: “I honestly believe that what you’ve seen here is going to be a political tide that is going to sweep across the Western world.
“There’s much else happening across Europe too, including in the set of islands that I come from, where there is a new insurgent political party led by a maverick from the outside.
“And who knows? I actually do believe that we will win the next General Election. I do believe I can become the next Prime Minister.
“I just hope it happens quickly while Donald Trump is still in office.”
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