Tories and Reform in bitter war of words over Giorgia Meloni meeting with Kemi Badenoch

On 26 August 2026, Tories and Reform UK were in a bitter war of words over a meeting between Giorgia Meloni and Kemi Badenoch. GB News wrote that Badenoch retracted a claim that the Italian PM had urged her not to make a deal with Reform UK. The Telegraph wrote that Meloni did not warn Badenoch against a pact with Reform.