Nigel Farage is expected to expand on his controversial deportation plans at a press conference in London amid fresh calls for answers over the purchase of a house in Clacton

Nigel Farage is set to make a "key announcement" at a Reform UK press conference this morning. The Reform leader will unveil the announcement at an event in Westminster at 11am. In a post on X, he said: "I will make a key announcement live at 11am. Don’t miss it."

Nigel Farage has said he will make a “key announcement” at a press conference in Westminster this morning. Sir Keir Starmer is facing mounting criticism from his own backbenchers as the fallout from his handling of Lord Mandelson’s sacking continues to cast a shadow over his leadership.

Nigel Farage has made a bold pitch to his Reform UK party, echoing themes that helped Donald Trump rise to power.

On defence, Reform has promised to up defence spending to at least 3% of GDP, something not only popular with Reform supporters who fear a hollowing out of the British Armed Forces but which may be necessary if Farage finds himself a wartime PM inevitably dragged to an Asian war centred on Taiwan.

Since last year, Reform has tried to refashion itself from a protest vote party to one that could govern. Its ambition was on full display as Nigel Farage wowed followers at the party’s annual conference.

The Reform UK leader pledged to end the arrival of illegal migrants in boats in two weeks, bring back "stop-and-search" policing and scrap net zero policies.