After years on the perimeter of Westminster politics and known largely as the populist cheerleader for Brexit, Farage is increasingly making a pitch for power as the man to break a sclerotic political system, just as Donald Trump famously rode his golden escalator in 2015 to storm the US presidency.

The leaders of almost every major political party in Britain, including Sir Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Sir Ed Davey, will face a challenge in 2026

The new reforms, modeled after Denmark, would revoke the U.K.’s legal duty to provide support for asylum seekers, allowing the government to withdraw housing and weekly allowances that are now guaranteed. Benefits could also be denied to people who have a right to employment but don’t work, and those who break the law or work illegally.

Shabana Mahmood is the straight-talking, combative interior minister who is overhauling Britain's asylum system and whose politics have been shaped by her Muslim faith and upbringing as a daughter of Pakistani-origin immigrants.

After a series of missteps and about-faces, British prime minister Keir Starmer’s popularity has tanked, and his leadership may not last much longer.

The Labour government says sweeping overhauls of its asylum system are aimed at addressing public concern over immigration, particularly the rising influence of the populist Reform UK party, which has

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was forced Wednesday to address reports that rivals in his Labour Party are plotting to replace him as leader, just two weeks ahead of a government budget announcement that could worsen his already dire poll ratings.

The British government plans to tighten its asylum system in a series of sweeping changes modeled after Denmark that aims to reduce immigration and quell the political storm over migrants making dangerous English Channel crossings to enter the country without authorization.