2 Oct 2025

UK: Labour conference, Reform polling high, new 'spy register'

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 2 October 2025

UK correspondent Matt Dathan looks at Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's performance at the Labour Party conference, as a mass in-depth poll shows Nigel Farage's Reform UK party will be just a few seats away from a majority at the next election.

And a new law will punish lobbyists or spies who work for British enemies - but which companies have signed up for the new 'spy register'?

Matt Dathan is Home Affairs Editor at The Times