Reform UK faces online backlash over alleged racist comments made by newly-elected councillors, as some step down

Party makes gains in Labour and Tory heartland areas but one pollster says results suggest Reform may have peaked

EDITORIAL. Labour's collapse and Reform UK's breakthrough in Thursday's local elections reflect the rapid fragmentation of the political landscape in Europe's oldest democracy.

Many members of minority communities fear results in Birmingham and elsewhere could lead to rise in hostile rhetoric

Reform UK faces online backlash over alleged racist comments made by newly-elected councillors, as some step down

Reform UK councillor Nathaniel Menday has been suspended from the party less than a week after being elected after social media posts showing Nazi flags and Adolf Hitler's Mein…