Overview
- At the year's first Prime Minister's Questions, Keir Starmer opened by targeting Reform UK.
- He joked that "today is the day that they celebrate Christmas in Russia," a nod to Orthodox Christmas observed on 7 January.
- The remark followed Starmer's earlier characterization of Nigel Farage's party as "pro-Putin," a label Reform UK denies.
- Coverage referenced the November jailing of former Reform Wales leader Nathan Gill for accepting bribes from a pro-Kremlin agent.
- Reform leader Nigel Farage did not attend the Commons session and appeared instead on an alternative PMQs on Times Radio.