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Reform UK Tops Polls, Claims Credit for Pensioners’ Fuel U-Turn

Reform’s growing support compelled Labour to reinstate winter fuel payments for nine million pensioners.

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Nigel Farage and Reform UK hope to take advantage of the unpopularity of Labour’s government in Wales
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Overview

  • Recent polls show Reform UK leading nationally and polling 25% in Wales, placing second behind Plaid Cymru in the Senedd contest.
  • Chancellor Rachel Reeves reversed Labour’s cut to winter fuel payments, restoring £300 to nine million pensioners following mounting pressure.
  • Nigel Farage credited his party’s influence for the U-turn and used a Port Talbot rally to promise reopening coal mines and blast furnaces as part of a Welsh reindustrialisation plan.
  • Zia Yusuf withdrew his resignation after 48 hours, with Farage praising his return and assigning him key policy and organisational responsibilities.
  • Analysts describe Reform’s financial projections on reindustrialisation as unfeasible and caution that environmental targets and technical barriers could derail the plans.