Reform UK isn't just making waves, it's threatening to flood the entire political landscape as four of our five stories this week feature them! Here’s your roundup of the top political stories from this week.

The UK’s migration strategy seems to be based less on solving the asylum backlog and more on exporting it. In the coming months, Britain could begin offshoring failed asylum seekers to so-called “return hubs” in the Balkans, under plans already gaining praise from ministers.

Definitions got clearer, forecasts got bleaker, and Plymouth’s water pipes gave up entirely— here’s your roundup of the top political stories from this week.