Promises and Polarisation: Britain’s 2025 Party Conferences

by Lāsma Kokina

In this report we discuss the UK party conferences. Key takeaways are:

• Labour Party conference: Keir Starmer focused on patriotism, economic responsibility, and national renewal, contrasting Labour’s forward-looking vision with Reform UK’s “politics of grievance.” 
• Liberal Democrats conference: Ed Davey positioned the party as Britain’s centrist, pro-democracy alternative to populism, warning against Nigel Farage’s politics. 
• Reform UK conference: Nigel Farage presented Reform as a government-in-waiting, promising deregulation, lower spending, and strict border controls. 
• Conservatives conference: under Kemi Badenoch, the Tories unveiled a new fiscal “golden rule,” abolition of stamp duty, and major spending cuts.  

Download PDF: UK Party Conferences November 2025