Overview
- Delivering a London speech today, Nigel Farage will promise sweeping deregulation and argue the UK has failed to capitalise on post‑Brexit opportunities.
- Farage will withdraw Reform UK’s 2024 £90bn tax‑cut pledge, saying reductions would come only after bringing spending and the deficit under control.
- He will vow to lead the “most pro‑business” government in modern times while pitching Reform as the party of “alarm clock Britain” and workers.
- The Institute for Fiscal Studies has previously said Reform’s manifesto numbers did not add up, a critique Farage now counters with a responsibility message.
- Labour and Conservative figures dismiss the shift as not credible or a route to austerity, citing Reform‑run councils and accusing the party of junking recent promises; The i reports he may also clarify any change to lifting the two‑child benefit cap.