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Restore Britain is a right-wing to far-right political party in the United Kingdom led by Rupert Lowe, the Member of Parliament for Great Yarmouth. The organisation was launched on 30 June 2025 as a political movement and pressure group, and was announced as converting to a political party on 13 February 2026. It presents itself as an umbrella organisation for local grassroots groups and has been described as being to the right of Reform UK on the political spectrum. Lowe was elected to Parliament for Reform UK, but left the party after a public dispute with its leadership, including his criticism of Nigel Farage. Reform UK subsequently alleged threatening behaviour, which Lowe and his staff denied. Later in 2025, he established Restore Britain as a pressure group, with an initial advisory board that included Conservative politicians such as Susan Hall and Gavin Williamson. The party also raised funds via crowdfunding for an inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal. In February 2026, Lowe said Restore Britain would transition from a pressure group into a national political party. The party advocates policies such as large-scale deportation of people in the United Kingdom without legal status, seeking net-negative immigration, calling for a referendum on reinstating the death penalty, reducing certain taxes and the size of the state, withdrawing public funding for the BBC, banning the burqa and niqab, legalising the possession of pepper spray, and expanding the legal scope of "reasonable force" in defence of the home. The party has also referred to stopping "wokery" and banning kosher and halal slaughter. In April 2026, The Times reported that "prominent neo-fascists leaders" had backed the party. According to Hope not Hate, the party has gained support from British neo-Nazis including the leadership of Patriotic Alternative, as well as former officials of the British Democratic Party, the British National Party, and For Britain. Lowe has stated indifference to Restore Britain being described as far-right or racist and has disputed that the party is racist or bigoted.
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Farage hits out at Elon Musk over support for Reform rival Restore UK in Makerfield byelection
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