Reform UK said at its Birmingham conference on Saturday that it would lift the income tax personal allowance from 12570 pounds to 15000 pounds within 100 days of taking office, a step Robert Jenrick said would help about 40 million people. Jenrick, chosen by Nigel Farage to run the Treasury after a possible win, tied the change to 108 billion pounds in spending reductions, including 50 billion pounds from welfare by blocking benefits for foreign citizens, and said he would resign with a pre-signed letter if the deadline was missed.
The party suspended Dan Jukes and James Orr after activist footage alleged they accepted donations and commissioned a poll from a fake American donor; Reform denied wrongdoing and Farage said no election rules were broken. Farage signed a Channel migrant boat pushback deal on stage with French National Rally leader Jordan Bardella. Deputy leader Richard Tice said average household energy bills would fall 250 pounds a year by ending carbon taxes on generators and VAT on consumer energy.