Nick Thomas-Symonds promised a 'new relationship of mutual benefit' with the EU - but admitted there would be a 'political fight' in order to get there ...
Labour's reluctance to name Brexit as the cause of so many problems hasn't stopped Reform's rise. It's time to try the truth, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr ...
The UK's minister for EU relations will argue that Nigel Farage would undo recent progress with Brussels, as Prime Minister Keir Starmer seeks to blunt the rise of the Brexit campaigner's upstart political party.
The Reform UK leader has come under fire over his controversial plans to tackle the small boats crisis, and his desire to rip up Labour's deal with the EU. Reform say the government has already done plenty of damage to British business.
In a major speech on future relations with Brussels on Wednesday, Nick Thomas-Symonds will claim that closer alignment with EU rules is a 'necessary step' to boost economic growth.
Nigel Farage laid out details of his plans for mass deportation of migrants as the small boats crisis continues to grow, but The Independent's political editor David Maddox has heard all the same rhetoric before ...