Reform UK 100-Day Plan
Reform UK pledges a 100-day small-boat halt and significant spending cuts.
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Reform Treasury spokesman Robert Jenrick said the proposed £80 billion spending reduction would cut the government’s annual debt-interest bill by £28 billion, creating scope for tax cuts and economic-growth measures.
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Farage has said Reform could abandon international human-rights laws as part of its migration policy, alongside banning irregular migrants from claiming asylum and towing boats back to France.
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Farage said Reform ministers who fail to deliver the party’s first-100-days programme within weeks of taking office would be dismissed.
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The party’s funding controversy includes a £5 million personal donation from a Thailand-based cryptocurrency billionaire that Farage acknowledged he had failed to declare.
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Reform’s polling position has weakened amid Labour leader Andy Burnham’s political honeymoon and a revival by the Conservatives under Kemi Badenoch, developments Farage is expected to address at the Birmingham conference.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage pledged to halt small-boat crossings in the English Channel within 100 days of taking office, potentially using the Royal Navy and returning intercepted migrants to France Yahoo News. At the party's Birmingham conference, Farage and France's National Rally leader Jordan Bardella signed a memorandum promising cooperation on migration, with plans to ban irregular migrants from claiming asylum and scrap international human-rights laws if needed MarketScreener.
100-Day Plan Targets Migration and Spending
Farage said Reform ministers who fail to deliver the party's first-100-days programme within weeks of taking office would be dismissed Yahoo News. The agenda includes forcing Parliament to sit seven days a week and using an emergency budget to cut £80 billion in spending, mostly from welfare. Treasury spokesman Robert Jenrick said the cuts would reduce the government's annual debt-interest bill by £28 billion, freeing money for tax cuts and economic growth measures MarketScreener.
Green Levies and Household Savings Drive Energy Policy
Reform plans to scrap green energy levies to save households about £250 annually, part of its broader cost-of-living pledge MarketScreener. The policy reflects the party's push to reduce household bills while maintaining energy security through alternative spending priorities.
UK-France Migration Pact Draws Opposition
Farage and Bardella's memorandum on small boats has drawn criticism from French presidential candidates MarketScreener. The plan includes stopping departures from France and returning people intercepted in British waters, but faces scrutiny over its legality and humanitarian concerns.
Funding Controversy and Election Prospects
Reform faces ongoing scrutiny over party funding, including a £5 million personal donation from a Thailand-based cryptocurrency billionaire that Farage acknowledged he had failed to declare Yahoo News. The funding questions come as Reform's polling position has weakened amid Labour leader Andy Burnham's political honeymoon and a Conservative revival under Kemi Badenoch.
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