Mark Greenburgh is paid to keep Basildon council’s work politically neutral but critics say the visit showed officials rolling out the red carpet for Reform UK
Exclusive: FK Building made the donation months before going into liquidation, with experts saying the gift could now face clawback efforts
Experts say Farage’s pact with Marine Le Pen’s National Rally is part of a pattern of far-right parties lending each other legitimacy before taking power
Exclusive: The councillor who suggested there was strong support for private security patrols told a committee to “take our word for it”. So we got the receipts
Quidnet REIT, which Nigel Farage’s Deputy controls, made a pre-tax loss in 2025, but still paid shareholders more than three times its adjusted earnings
Exclusive: Reform UK’s Sam Journet branded “Britain’s worst councillor” as opponents demand he be suspended as Mayor of Basildon Council
The deal would put the Reform leader’s gold bullion ‘brand ambassador’ fees in the hands of a crypto company he part-owns
Leader of Kent County Council dismisses recent surge of wildfires and heat deaths as a “scare” and suggests the world is merely emerging from a “mini ice age”
“These donations are completely legal,” insisted the Reform UK leader as he used his first appearance as a GB News host for six months to dismiss all questions about where his party is getting its record-breaking funding from
EXCLUSIVE: Electoral Commission confirms interest earned on impermissible gifts can be kept, prompting calls for Nigel Farage to hand any proceeds to charity
Christopher Harborne and Ben Delo gave a record £36 million each over the weekend to Nigel Farage’s party, but a new law means they may have to take it all back
Analysis of the latest Electoral Commission filings shows 87% of the £5.4m in donations newly-declared by Nigel Farage’s party came from donors linked to offshore jurisdictions
The Conservative push explicitly criticised Green Party campaigning in the recent Gorton & Denton by-election
Force says Braintree, Colchester and Chelmsford “are safe” and crime is down, as Reform-run county council launches £150,000 private security patrols over asylum seeker arrivals
Exclusive: Payments to a business with no public footprint and a string of missing invoices are raising fresh questions about Reform UK’s campaign spending
Four Reform councillors – including the council’s deputy leader and two serving cabinet members – amended their registers of interests within days of Byline Times querying undeclared firms and shareholdings
Exclusive: Promo material for Direct Bullion tells savers a Farage-led government could spark riots not seen since the poll tax – while paying the Reform leader hundreds of thousands of pounds
Exclusive: Leaked messages from Durham County Council’s Reform administration reveal in-fighting, resignations and a leadership accused of belittling mental health issues
The party’s founding documents reveal the extraordinary levels of power Nigel Farage wields over Reform UK, making it all but impossible for party members to remove him
The former Chancellor told ITV viewers that Dale Vince gave Count Binface hundreds of thousands of pounds for his Clacton campaign. Both say this is completely false
Exclusive: Electoral Commission filings reveal payments to companies run by Reform activists, donors and a former party chairman
The Reform UK leader’s non-disclosure of a £5 million ‘gift’ from a crypto billionaire could amount to a criminal offence, leading democracy groups allege
EXCLUSIVE: “If this was sat on the desk of an anti-Reform journalist, what are they going to do with it?” the leaked internal training course warn its members
Cllr Paul Mackings’ consultancy has advised on the South Tyneside College relocation since 2021 and his firm gave £111,000 to Reform UK weeks before he stood as a candidate
Exclusive: Watchdog escalates inquiry into Nigel Farage’s party amid questions over whether the true source of the money was concealed
A Byline Times investigation raises questions about whether the true source of the money went undeclared by Nigel Farage’s party
Reform’s Deputy Leader accused of being “cavalier with the truth” as it withdraws its earlier denials in data privacy case
Nigel Farage’s party hit by outrage after Byline Times revealed its plans would mean candidates being jailed for up to six months for using Gaelic, Irish or Cornish on election leaflets
EXCLUSIVE: Nigel Farage’s party propose amendment to the Government’s elections Bill which would mean candidates using Irish and Scottish Gaelic would face up to six months in prison
It exposes a glaring loophole in Parliamentary transparency rules, reports Josiah Mortimer
The UK Government has announced a series of major reforms designed to prevent foreign interference in our politics, yet campaigners fear they have left the “biggest loophole” of all untouched
The Reform UK leader once claimed that only the corrupt could make money in politics. Now questions about his own multi-million pound fortune threaten to bring him down
Anti-corruption campaigners warn the UK’s political system is open to abuse and infiltration by unlawful foreign finance
Anti-corruption campaigners question why firms are choosing to donate tens of thousands of pounds they apparently don’t have to Nigel Farage’s party
Jamie Pullin’s accounts shared a series of far-right videos and conspiracy theory posts
Essex police privately accepts device should have been taken from Reform Cllr Sam Journet rather than handed to a political ally
Party accused of curbing free speech after silencing Green councillor who raised Reform councillors’ appearance with neo-Nazi figure
Reform hit by backlash in the Makerfield by-election as they’re accused of “making light of one of Britain’s most prolific paedophiles”
Wigan Reform councillor David Bowker railed against the former Deputy Prime Minister, whilst repeatedly leaving taxpayers out of pocket himself
Bridget Porter backs cuts to fertility treatment funding in Kent saying that those on low incomes should “cut their garment according to their cloth”
Christian Nationalism in action: “prayers and songs prioritised over a water catastrophe” claim opposition councillors
Reverend Canon Hilary Barber says he was given no warning or thanks by Nigel Farage’s party for his years of service