Reform UK’s largest-ever annual conference kicked off this week in Birmingham, with party leader Nigel Farage and senior figures setting out a detailed vision for how they would govern if they win the next UK general election. The event, running through September 5 at the NEC, has drawn a bigger crowd than last year, including business leaders and international guests such as Jordan Bardella of France’s National Rally. Organizers described the tone as “very serious,” focused

Reform UK’s 2026 National Conference takes place from 3–5 September at the NEC in Birmingham, combining a new dedicated Business Day with the main two-day gathering of members, candidates and supporters. reformpartyconference.co.uk The event comes at a pivotal moment. In July 2026 Andy Burnham became Prime Minister after Keir Starmer resigned as Labour leader, creating a “Burnham bounce” that pushed Reform UK into second place in the polls after a long spell at the top. The

At Reform’s press conference today, Richard Tice and Lee Anderson were asked of Zia Yusuf: “Do you think he should be spending less time on social media?” After some combative X posts from the Reform ‘Shadow’ Home Secretary… Richard Tice said: “We’re all passionate. Zia is passionate. And we all frankly are furious at how the previous Conservative government, they let us all down because they said they were going to reduce immigration numbers. They didn’t. They opened the doo

Farage told the Sun’s political editor Jack Elsom that Zia Yusuf would get a dressing down for referring to former Defence Secretary Ben Wallace as a “traitor” in his X posts last night: “That is too strong language. I shall give him a ticking off… I’ll speak to him today, but it’s over the top.”

So whats the plan then? The core announcement at the 11am press conference with Nigel Farage and Zia Yusuf focuses on these main points: Deport all foreign national offenders (over 10,000 currently in British jails). Send them back to their home countries where possible. If those countries refuse, transfer them to serve the rest of their sentences in third-country prisons (explicitly mentioning places like El Salvador and Kosovo). Reform says Farage has already opened talks w

Reform’s plan to ‘end illegal working in Britain’: “Pass the ‘Deliveroo Law’ to make CEOs and directors of large companies profiting from illegal workers personally and criminally liable for illegal working, regardless of knowledge of workers’ legal status. Introduce a fine of 10% of global turnover for large, multinational companies using illegal workers, to be paid into redress funds for victims of migrant crime and high street regeneration (including enforcement). Establis

Zia Yusuf has sent a strong message about one of the worst failures in British history. He says the grooming gangs scandal is the greatest state failure Britain has ever seen. Public bodies and politicians helped, or failed to stop, the mass rape and sexual exploitation of thousands of children. What Happened For many years, gangs – mostly men of Pakistani heritage – targeted young girls. The victims were mainly white working-class girls. Instead of protecting the children, m