Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has launched a legal challenge against the government over local election delays, calling on the High Court to block postponement. The populist party, which is leading in national opinion polls,

The populist Reform party is suing the UK government, challenging proposals that may delay local elections, according to a court order.

Kemi Badenoch earlier said she sacked shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick due to “irrefutable evidence that he was plotting in secret to defect”.

Britain’s Conservative Party, which governed the country from 2010 until it suffered its worst-ever electoral defeat two years ago, was plunged into fresh turmoil Thursday after its leader sacked the man widely seen as her greatest rival for apparently plotting to defect from the party.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage will attend the World Economic Forum summit in Davos next week for the first time, as he attempts to cement his position as one of Britain’s most influential politicians on the world stage as well as at home.

Fines can be imposed on universities and colleges if it is found they have failed to protect free speech rights

Robert Jenrick’s defection represents a significant sign of fracturing in one of the world’s most consistently successful political parties.

Reform UK has grown from a fringe euroskeptic movement into a major force in British politics. By railing against immigration and the rising cost of living, the party led by Brexit figurehead Nigel Farage has siphoned support from the governing Labour party and Conservative opposition to fracture the old two-party system.