Reform By-Election Candidate Slammed For 'Handmaid's Tale' Suggestion

Reform UK candidate Matt Goodwin (R) and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage open the Gorton and Denton Reform UK campaign office, northwest England on February 5, 2026, ahead of the February 26 Gorton and Denton by-election.

Reform UK’s candidate for the Gorton and Denton by-election has been criticised after it emerged he previously suggested taxing anyone who does not have children.

An unearthed blog post revealed that Matthew Goodwin once proposed a “negative child benefit tax” on “those who don’t have offspring”.