2026-10-03 · Daily Mail
🔮 The hijab row erupted as:
- The Tory conference gets under way in Birmingham on Sunday, with Kemi Badenoch telling the MoS she will cut £13 billion from the welfare budget by axing disability benefits for mild health conditions such as ADHD;
- The Conservatives announced plans to end the childcare 'cliff edge' which leaves families tens of thousands of pounds worse off as soon as one parent's earnings exceed £100,000;
- Nigel Farage is facing an 'imminent' decision from a standards watchdog over whether he breached Westminster's rules by not declaring a £5 million donation from a cryptocurrency billionaire;
- Reform UK sparked a fresh row with the BBC after Question Time host Fiona Bruce reportedly admitted that despite the broadcaster's claims of 'robust' vetting, Left-wingers got into the studio audience by pretending to be Reform supporters, only to barrack party representatives on air. assertive