14 Facts About Reform UK

Reform UK is a right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom.

On 4 January 2021, the party was re-registered as Reform UK and transitioned to a platform of opposing lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2021, Reform UK gained representation in the Scottish Parliament when former Conservative and then independent MSP Michelle Ballantyne joined the party and was named Reform UK's leader in Holyrood by Nigel Farage.

Reform UK's lost her and the party's only seat in Scotland in the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.

Reform UK's quit as the party's leader in Scotland in February 2022.

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In 2021, Reform UK announced its intention to field a full slate of candidates in the Senedd, Scottish Parliament and London Assembly elections with leader Richard Tice standing for election in the latter.

Reform UK's continued to sit with the party until the 2021 Scottish Parliament election, where she lost her regional seat to a candidate from the Scottish Conservatives.

Reform UK's quit as the party's leader in Scotland in February 2022.

Reform UK said that the party aimed to attract support "across the board", including from former UKIP voters and from Conservative and Labour voters who supported Brexit.

Reform UK has described the Brexit Party as doing the same kind of thing and "running a company, not a political party, hence our model of registered supporters" and building a base using an online platform.

Reform UK pledged to offer a lower-tax vision at the next election, saying his party would stand on a low-tax and low-regulation platform.

Reform UK criticised the Conservative Party's plans to decarbonise the economy, saying that the UK should instead focus on exploiting reserves of shale gas.

Reform UK said that energy companies should be owned by the government or British pension funds to stop profits going abroad.

Reform UK further said that the party would not be taking money from the key former UKIP funder Arron Banks.