LONDON—Nigel Farage has never held a position in the British government. As leader of the anti-immigration party Reform UK, he oversees just eight lawmakers in Parliament. Among voters, he has one of ...

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This year’s local election results from the United Kingdom are in. The far-right, anti-immigrant Reform UK party made substantial gains, while the ruling Labour Party suffered heavy losses, signaling ...

Brexit supporters claimed that leaving the EU would help the UK regain its sovereignty, control immigration and bring economic prosperity. A decade later, the country is defined by political ...

Yet when his upstart party, in May local elections, handed the ruling Labour Party its worst drubbing in the post-war period, it turned Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s own party against him. A decade ...