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Weekly report · 21–27 July 2025

A quiet summer week, with Reform launching its conference drive and a law-and-order campaign

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Scoreboard

Who ran what this week

PartyAds running this weekTop ad reach (lifetime)Top ad spend (lifetime)Video share, top adsMain theme
Labour Party~31>1M£1K-£1.5K40% videoWorking parents, Sure Start and the NHS
Conservative and Unionist Party~8200K-250K£2.5K-£3K33% videoPetitions on work, pubs and post offices
Plaid Cymru~7100K-125K£100-£19943% videoNew leadership in Wales
Reform UK~5>1M£25K-£30K60% videoConference tickets and law and order
Liberal Democrats0————
Green Party of England and Wales0————
Scottish National Party0————
Labour Party

Working parents, Sure Start and the NHS

Ads this week~31
Top reach>1M
Top spend£1K-£1.5K
Video or graphic, top 10 ads4 video · 6 graphic
The Labour Party adGraphic
Share with a parent who needs to know 🤝 THEGUARDIAN.COM Supporting working parents isn’t just the right thing to do – it’s vital for our economy. Learn More THEGUARDIAN.COM Learn More THEGUARDIAN.COM Learn More THEGUA…
Ran
3 Jul 2025 - 1 Aug 2025
Reach
>1M
Spend
£1K-£1.5K
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The Labour Party adGraphic
Share with a parent who needs to know 🤝 THEGUARDIAN.COM Supporting working parents isn’t just the right thing to do – it’s vital for our economy. Learn More THEGUARDIAN.COM Learn More THEGUARDIAN.COM Learn More THEGUA…
Ran
3 Jul 2025 - 1 Aug 2025
Reach
350K-400K
Spend
£500-£599
Open in Ad Library
The Labour Party adGraphic
Sure Start gave a boost to millions of families when Labour was in government between 1997 and 2010. But under the Tories hundreds were closed. Now, we’re building on Labour's legacy, with up to 1,000 Best Start Famil…
Ran
21 Jul 2025 - 1 Aug 2025
Reach
300K-350K
Spend
£500-£599
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  • “NEW: With Labour, there have been 4.2 million additional appointments in the NHS since July last year. There’s…”
  • “Something’s not adding up here…”
  • “The mask has slipped. Farage demands tax cuts for the very richest while scurrying through the lobbies to vote…”
  • “Labour is investing in our NHS to make it fit for the future. Labour has: ✅ Provided 4.5 million extra appoint…”
Method

Persuasion ads on the government's record. The widest-reaching shared a Guardian article on supporting working parents (over a million impressions), and a new ad from 21 July contrasted Sure Start under Labour with closures "under the Tories". A short video, "Something's not adding up here", also started on the 21st.

Conservative and Unionist Party

Petitions on work, pubs and post offices

Ads this week~8
Top reach200K-250K
Top spend£2.5K-£3K
Video or graphic, top 3 ads1 video · 2 graphic
Conservatives adGraphic
Keir Starmer thinks you should go to work so your neighbour doesn’t have to. Do you think this is fair? WHATLABOURSAID.COM Sign the petition
Ran
16 Jul 2025 - 22 Jul 2025
Reach
200K-250K
Spend
£2.5K-£3K
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Conservatives adVideo
Pubs are the heart of our communities - we need to back them, along with the workers who keep them going. WWW.WHATLABOURSAID.COM
Ran
23 Jul 2025 - 28 Jul 2025
Reach
70K-80K
Spend
£700-£799
Open in Ad Library
Method

List-building through WhatLabourSaid.com, led by a petition asking whether it is fair that Keir Starmer "thinks you should go to work so your neighbour doesn't have to". New ads from 23 and 24 July backed pubs and asked people to help save local post offices.

Plaid Cymru

New leadership in Wales

Ads this week~7
Top reach100K-125K
Top spend£100-£199
Video or graphic, top 7 ads3 video · 4 graphic
Plaid Cymru adGraphic
More and more people are turning to Plaid Cymru.
Ran
20 Jul 2025 - 29 Aug 2025
Reach
100K-125K
Spend
£100-£199
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Plaid Cymru adGraphic
It’s time for new leadership in Wales. Mae’n amser am arweinyddiaeth newydd yng Nghymru.
Ran
20 Jul 2025 - 29 Aug 2025
Reach
80K-90K
Spend
£100-£199
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Plaid Cymru adGraphic
Mae mwy a mwy o bobl yn troi at Blaid Cymru.
Ran
25 Jul 2025 - 29 Aug 2025
Reach
80K-90K
Spend
£100-£199
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  • ““It’s terrible.” One of thousands of personal stories about their experience with the NHS in Wales. It’s time…”
  • “Privatising the NHS? We stand against. Stand with us. Preifateiddio’r GIG? Rydym ni yn erbyn. Sefwch gyda ni.…”
  • “Do young people today have it better than past generations — or are they being let down? Ydy bywyd yn haws i b…”
Method

Low-cost bilingual image ads from 20 July ("It's time for new leadership in Wales", "More and more people are turning to Plaid Cymru") alongside short videos on the NHS in Wales and opposition to privatisation. Each ad spent under £200.

Reform UK

Conference tickets and law and order

Ads this week~5
Top reach>1M
Top spend£25K-£30K
Video or graphic, top 5 ads3 video · 2 graphic
Reform UK adVideo
The Next Step has arrived. ✅ Secure your place at our national conference in September. REFORMPARTYCONFERENCE.CO.UK
Ran
25 Jul 2025 - 21 Aug 2025
Reach
>1M
Spend
£25K-£30K
Open in Ad Library
Reform UK adVideo
Britain is on the edge of chaos if we don’t get tough on law and order. BRITAINISLAWLESS.COM
Ran
22 Jul 2025 - 21 Aug 2025
Reach
>1M
Spend
£10K-£15K
Open in Ad Library
Reform UK adVideo
The Tory government secretly granted asylum to 24,000 Afghans in the UK, costing £7 billion. This betrayal must be investigated. AFGHANCOVERUP.COM Sign the petition now.
Ran
16 Jul 2025 - 22 Jul 2025
Reach
400K-450K
Spend
£2K-£2.5K
Open in Ad Library
Reform UK adGraphic
The Tory government secretly granted asylum to 24,000 Afghans in the UK, costing £7 billion. This betrayal must be investigated. AFGHANCOVERUP.COM Sign the petition now.
Ran
19 Jul 2025 - 22 Jul 2025
Reach
175K-200K
Spend
£700-£799
Open in Ad Library
  • “The Tory government secretly granted asylum to 24,000 Afghans in the UK, costing £7 billion. This betrayal mus…”
Method

Few ads but heavy spend. "The Next Step has arrived" sold places at the September conference from 25 July, and a video from 22 July warned "Britain is on the edge of chaos", each passing a million impressions. The Afghan asylum petition, which collected contact details, ended on 22 July.

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What changed

What this week tells us

  • Reform's conference ticket ad started on 25 July and was the week's biggest spender.
  • Plaid Cymru's "new leadership" image ads started on 20 July and were set to run to the end of August.
  • The Liberal Democrats, Greens and SNP showed no ads for this week.