Overview

• Reform UK holds a 10-point advantage over Labour, up from three points a week earlier, according to a More in Common poll reported by GB News.
• Dame Harriet Harman said the prime minister erred by calling Reform’s policy racist, arguing the distinction was too nuanced for voters.
• Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy retracted an unevidenced claim that Nigel Farage had ‘flirted’ with the Hitler Youth.
• The Daily Mail reported that Labour’s approach mirrors Emmanuel Macron’s tactic of isolating a populist rival, citing unnamed ministers and senior figures.
• Former UK Border Force chief Tony Smith disputed government claims about EU ‘Dublin’ returns, saying hardly any migrants were sent back to France when the UK was in the EU.