The front pages are dominated by Labour's conference announcements, especially its drive to counter Reform. The Times says, external moves by the Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to tighten immigration policy are an attempt to stymie the popularity of Nigel Farage's party, Reform UK. The paper reports that Mahmood will tell her party's conference that if Labour does not toughen its policy it risks voters seeking solace in what she calls the false promises of Farage. According to the Financial Times, external, the chancellor will use her speech at the Labour conference to urge business leaders to focus on the threat, as she sees it, posed by Reform. The Daily Telegraph reports, external on its front page that councils are spending up to £950 a day to transport a single pupil with special needs to school.

Source: The Times September 29, 2025 18:45 UTC