Reform UK’s head of policy, Zia Yusuf, said it is “obviously not true” that Nigel Farage is “soft on Russia” and a “bit pro-Putin”. Put to Mr Yusuf on Sky News’s Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips programme that Sir Keir said on Saturday – and the Foreign Secretary had reinforced – that they thought Nigel Farage is “soft on Russia”, and a “bit pro-Putin”, Mr Yusuf said: “That’s obviously not true. He added: “It’s, I’d argue, the primary reason why Reform has led 200 opinion polls in a row. And it’s a really concerning thing.”Mr Yusuf said it is also incorrect that Mr Farage has changed his mind on the two-child benefit cap. “The second point, on the pubs policy: what we wanted to do was make sure that this was fully funded.

Source: The Guardian February 15, 2026 18:16 UTC