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Received — 8 May 2026 NBC News Top Stories

Hard-right party routs Starmer’s Labour in U.K. elections as Trump ally hails ‘historic shift’

8 May 2026 at 07:38
Early results Friday from nationwide elections in Britain suggested a historic drubbing for Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party and sweeping gains for hard-right Reform U.K., led by Trump ally Nigel Farage.

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Farage outside a polling station in Walton-on-the-Naze, eastern England on Thursday. His anti-establishment, anti-immigration message appears to have broken through.

© Jon Rowley

Green Party leader Zack Polanski has been popular with voters.
Received — 6 May 2026 NBC News Top Stories

A hard-right Trump ally seeks liftoff in forgotten Britain

6 May 2026 at 16:44
TK Trump ally Farage on cusp of smashing Labour in deprived Welsh towns with hard-right, anti-immigration message

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Reform UK, led by Trump ally Nigel Farage, is projected to make sweeping gains in thousands of local municipal races across Britain. 

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Reform UK, led by Trump ally Nigel Farage, is projected to make sweeping gains in thousands of local municipal races across Britain. 

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Reform UK, led by Trump ally Nigel Farage, is projected to make sweeping gains in thousands of local municipal races across Britain. 

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Reform UK, led by Trump ally Nigel Farage, is projected to make sweeping gains in thousands of local municipal races across Britain. 

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Reform UK, led by Trump ally Nigel Farage, is projected to make sweeping gains in thousands of local municipal races across Britain. 

© Francesca Jones for NBC News

Reform UK, led by Trump ally Nigel Farage, is projected to make sweeping gains in thousands of local municipal races across Britain. 

© Francesca Jones for NBC News

Reform UK, led by Trump ally Nigel Farage, is projected to make sweeping gains in thousands of local municipal races across Britain. 

© Francesca Jones for NBC News

Reform UK, led by Trump ally Nigel Farage, is projected to make sweeping gains in thousands of local municipal races across Britain. 

© Francesca Jones for NBC News

Reform UK, led by Trump ally Nigel Farage, is projected to make sweeping gains in thousands of local municipal races across Britain. 

© Francesca Jones for NBC News

Reform UK, led by Trump ally Nigel Farage, is projected to make sweeping gains in thousands of local municipal races across Britain. 
Received — 2 May 2026 NBC News Top Stories

Anger and despair among Jewish Britons after spate of attacks

1 May 2026 at 22:22
LONDON — Britain in 2026 is a place where Jack Hur doesn’t feel safe wearing his Star of David pendant.

© Alexander Smith

Jack Hur in Golders Green.

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Alvin Ormonde, left, and Ezra Kahn in Golders Green.

© Kin Cheung

Members of the community watch as forensic officers search the area Wednesday after two people were stabbed in the Golders Green neighborhood in London.
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