{"id":"143b09a7-4dad-4e33-b2ae-57b4832deb57","url":"https://www.dailymail.com/debate/article-16108005/DAN-HODGES-Reform-govern-senior-aides-conference.html?ito=1490","domain":"dailymail.com","outlet":{"name":"Dailymail","country":null,"cred":null,"lean":null,"curated":false},"title":"It was meant to be the week Reform showed us they could govern... but even senior aides admit they've blown it: DAN HODGES","plainHeadline":"Reform UK conference reveals internal divisions and leadership tensions","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Reform UK's Birmingham conference aimed to signal readiness for office and a 100-day plan.","Senior aides acknowledge the party has blown its chances and regressed over 12 months.","Channel 4 sting operation led to suspensions of two senior Reform aides.","Policy shifts included abandoning a hardline small-boat migrants plan for a tentative returns deal with France.","Rifts grow between Tory defectors and Reform traditionalists, plus inner-circle departures."],"topics":["Politics","Finance","M&A"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-09-06T00:16:10.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-09-06T01:02:14.645Z","story":null}