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  • Aug 16

    Reform UK unveils £50bn welfare cut plan targeting disability benefits and foreign nationals

    Reform UK will detail plans to cut £50bn from Britain's welfare bill, abolishing PIP for 2.89 million disabled claimants and barring foreign nationals from almost all benefits, at a press conference on 17 August.

  • Jul 10

    Met Police launch criminal investigation into £500,000 of Reform UK donations from fraudster’s mother

    Metropolitan Police detectives are investigating £500,000 in donations made to Reform UK by Fiona Cottrell, mother of convicted fraudster George Cottrell, over potential breaches of political donation laws after a referral from the Electoral Commission.

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