Overview
- Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, proposes audits of local council spending on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies, ergonomic chairs, and other non-essential expenditures.
- The party's economic strategy emphasizes reindustrializing Britain with increased domestic production of gas, oil, and coal while supporting heavy industries like steel.
- Nigel Farage has pledged tax reforms, including rescinding inheritance tax increases for farmers, reversing employers' national insurance hikes, and raising the income tax threshold to £20,000.
- Reform UK claims growing electoral momentum, citing by-election successes and significant support from traditional Labour voters in former strongholds.
- Farage has dismissed allegations linking him to Russian President Vladimir Putin and denied that his party has proposed ending free NHS services.