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Farage's Reform UK Tops Polls Amid Asylum Controversy

8/28/2025

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Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, leads polls with 28% support; Labour drops to 20%, its lowest since 2019.
The UK government plans to establish an independent body for asylum appeals and a 'one-in, one-out' migrant deal with France.
Rwanda is willing to revive a deportation deal with the UK, pending a £50 million debt settlement.
Farage's deportation plan may exempt women with children but enforces strict measures for single women.

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Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, leads polls with 28% support; Labour drops to 20%, its lowest since 2019.
The UK government plans to establish an independent body for asylum appeals and a 'one-in, one-out' migrant deal with France.
Rwanda is willing to revive a deportation deal with the UK, pending a £50 million debt settlement.
Farage's deportation plan may exempt women with children but enforces strict measures for single women.