Reform UK has unveiled plans to deport all foreign nationals from Britain's prisons, potentially sending some to serve sentences in El Salvador or Kosovo if their home countries refuse to take them back. The policy, announced by Reform's Home Affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf, has drawn criticism from migrant rights charities, who warn it could expose deportees to torture in breach of international law and accuse the party of undermining universal human rights protections.

Reform leader Nigel Farage is reported to have opened talks with El Salvador's government about renting prison space, echoing a similar arrangement struck by Donald Trump with the Central American country. Party chairman Lee Anderson is expected to visit El Salvador within months to explore the plan further, while Farage is also set to pledge 12,000 new "nightingale" prison spaces, an end to early release for dangerous offenders, and a return of short sentences for shoplifters. The announcement comes as the government faces scrutiny over its own early-release scheme, due to start in October, with more than 850,000 people having signed a petition opposing the potential early release of two men convicted over the death of Pc Andrew Harper.