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Editorial
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The September maritime paper proposes a permanent civilian service for border enforcement, rescue and other duties at sea. Here are its powers, timetable and cost estimates.
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Lowe's October conference recording includes citizenship proposals. Read the original speech alongside the party's published policy papers.
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Restore Britain won no seats in four council by-elections on 1 October. Returning Officers' declarations show its shares ranged from 5.3% to 10.3%, with further contests scheduled across October.
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The September paper proposes removing past and future interest for British citizens living in the UK. It would change loan balances, while keeping repayment thresholds.
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Voters in Sir Keir Starmer's former seat elect a new MP on 8 October. Why the by-election is happening, who is standing, and what Restore Britain has said about its candidate.
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Three moves in nine days in East Anglia, where Rupert Lowe is MP for Great Yarmouth: a 'Tier One' target seat, a borough councillor's switch and a parliamentary candidate for South West Norfolk.
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National polls in the second half of September put Restore Britain anywhere from 1.5% to 7%, depending on the pollster. Each poll, the independent seat-by-seat models, and how they compare with the MRP the party commissioned.
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Restore Britain will be on a Scottish ballot for the first time on 29 October, in an Argyll and Bute Council by-election. The candidates, how the ward voted in 2022, and the Scottish membership claims Rupert Lowe made the next day.
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A complete, sourced guide to Restore Britain: how Rupert Lowe's movement became a registered party, what it stands for, how big it is and how it has done at the ballot box.
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Restore Britain and Reform UK overlap on deportation, benefits and tax, but differ on asylum, the death penalty and much else. A side-by-side guide using each party's own words.
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Restore Britain's economic plan would build up spending cuts of about £35bn a year and use them to fund tax cuts worth around £155bn. Here is what is in it, line by line.
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In six weeks Restore Britain fought its first parliamentary by-election and the Greater Manchester mayoral race. Here are the full results, the borough breakdown and what they show.
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Four months after becoming a party, Restore Britain has around 130,000 paying members, according to The Times. Here is the path to that figure, and how it compares.
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Great Yarmouth First, the local party chaired by Rupert Lowe, won every seat it contested on 7 May 2026. Reform UK fell three seats short of a Norfolk majority.
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On 20 March 2026 Restore Britain was entered on the Electoral Commission's register of political parties, five weeks after it became a party. Here is what that means.
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One week after becoming a political party, Restore Britain says it has passed 80,000 members. The figure comes from the party itself.
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From seven Kent councillors in February to Michael Rees in Gloucestershire in September: a dated account of defections, with council records and the parties' responses.
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Rupert Lowe says Restore Britain has passed 50,000 members, within three days of becoming a political party. The figure comes from the party itself.
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After seven months as a movement, Restore Britain relaunches as a national political party. Electoral Commission registration followed on 20 March 2026.
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In its first weeks as a movement, Restore Britain published policy proposals on deportation, immigration, the death penalty and the BBC, and promised members a vote on its platform.
Primary source
The latest policy papers on restorebritain.org.uk, the party’s own website.
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