Reform spokesperson sacked after Grenfell comments

A group representing the bereaved of Grenfell call Simon Dudley's comments "ignorant and callous".

Farage sacks Reform housing spokesperson over ‘everyone dies’ Grenfell comments

Simon Dudley’s remarks provoked anger from bereaved families

Drip feed of Reform UK controversies puts party’s policy drive in shade

Sacking of Simon Dudley is latest distraction at a time when party is keen to show it is serious contender for government It was a week that started with a candid admission from Nigel Farage when asked if his party’s vetting process was now finally up to scratch. “I accept that at the last general election, basically there was no vetting really,” the Reform UK leader said after the latest of what a senior colleague had described as a “series of abhorrent incidents”. The latest had involved a ...

By Ben Quinn Political correspondent

Reform sack housing spokesman over ‘sickeningly insensitive’ Grenfell comments

Nigel Farage has sacked Simon Dudley as Reform UK’s housing spokesman after he said the Grenfell Tower fire was a “tragedy” but that “everyone dies in the end”.

By Athena Stavrou

Farage fires party spokesperson over Grenfell remarks

Nigel Farage has sacked his Reform UK's housing spokesman after mounting anger over his comment that the Grenfell Tower fire was a "tragedy" but that "everyone dies in the end".