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Weekly report · 29 Dec 2025 – 4 Jan 2026

A quiet New Year week, led by a Reform attack video and Labour's carried-over winter ads

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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
Plaid Cymru~3480K-90K£100-£19940% video"Strong leadership in Wales"
Labour Party~23——40% videoCost of living and the record
Reform UK~11700K-800K£5K-£6K10% videoAn attack on both main parties, then membership
Scottish National Party~5>1M£1.5K-£2K0% videoPublic services and the right to choose
Conservative and Unionist Party~1900K-1M£6K-£7K100% videoClaiming a u-turn on the "Family Farm Tax"
Liberal Democrats0————
Green Party of England and Wales0————
Plaid Cymru

"Strong leadership in Wales"

Ads this week~34
Top reach80K-90K
Top spend£100-£199
Video or graphic, top 10 ads4 video · 6 graphic
Plaid Cymru adVideo
Mae Cymru yn haeddu gwell. Mae gan Blaid Cymru gynllun i fynd i'r afael â'r problemau yn ein gwasanaeth iechyd. Mae'r dewis yn amlwg ar y 7fed o Fai. Pleidleisiwch dros Blaid Cymru Plaid Cymru has real plans - develop…
Ran
17 Dec 2025 - 1 Apr 2026
Reach
80K-90K
Spend
£100-£199
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Plaid Cymru adGraphic
Plaid Cymru. Y dewis amlwg. It’s time for strong leadership in Wales. PLAID.CYMRU Ymaelodi
Ran
18 Dec 2025 - 20 Jan 2026
Reach
15K-20K
Spend
<£100
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Plaid Cymru adGraphic
It’s time for strong leadership in Wales. Plaid Cymru. Y dewis amlwg. PLAID.CYMRU Ymaelodi
Ran
19 Dec 2025 - 20 Jan 2026
Reach
10K-15K
Spend
<£100
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Plaid Cymru adGraphic
It’s time for strong leadership in Wales. Plaid Cymru. Y dewis amlwg. PLAID.CYMRU Ymaelodi
Ran
18 Dec 2025 - 19 Jan 2026
Reach
8K-9K
Spend
<£100
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  • “Plaid Cymru neu Reform? Cynlluniau go iawn i'n cymunedau neu blaid sydd eisiau ein rhannu? Dyma'r fewis sydd y…”
  • “Bydd Llywodraeth Plaid Cymru yn cynnig 20 awr yr wythnos o ofal plant i blant rhwng 9 mis a 4 oed i leddfu pwy…”
  • “Plaid Cymru. Y dewis amlwg. It’s time for strong leadership in Wales. PLAID.CYMRU Ymaelodi”
Method

Ads from 17–19 December asked people to join ("Ymaelodi") with the line "It's time for strong leadership in Wales", and Welsh-language videos set out the choice "Plaid Cymru neu Reform?" for 7 May. Nearly all cost under £200.

Labour Party

Cost of living and the record

Ads this week~23
Top reach—
Top spend—
Video or graphic, top 10 ads4 video · 6 graphic
The Labour Party adGraphic
NEW: Labour is making changes to energy levies to bring down your household energy bill by £150.
Ran
27 Nov 2025 - 5 Jan 2026
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The Labour Party adGraphic
We all want to see cheaper rail travel. That's why Labour is freezing fares to help millions of passengers save money.
Ran
24 Nov 2025 - 10 Jan 2026
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  • “Rail fares frozen. Money saved. This is the difference with a Labour government.”
  • “Lots done. More to do. A record to be proud of. Chat with us”
  • “Labour is bringing down waiting lists, helping to end the 8am scramble by hiring more GPs and delivering 5,000…”
  • “Labour is renewing rail services across Britain, bringing them back under public control to deliver a more rel…”
Method

No new ads started this week. Images on cutting energy bills by £150 and freezing rail fares, and videos titled "Lots done. More to do." and "This is who he is", carried on from earlier in December. The widest-reaching had 400K–450K impressions.

Reform UK

An attack on both main parties, then membership

Ads this week~11
Top reach700K-800K
Top spend£5K-£6K
Video or graphic, top 10 ads1 video · 9 graphic
Reform UK adVideo
The Tories and Labour have campaigned for years on behalf of a man who wants to exterminate British, Jewish and gay people. DEPORTELFATTAH.COM Deport El-Fattah.
Ran
29 Dec 2025 - 2 Jan 2026
Reach
700K-800K
Spend
£5K-£6K
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Reform UK adGraphic
Your local council is broken. Reform will fix it. Join Reform UK
Ran
31 Dec 2025 - 5 Jan 2026
Reach
45K-50K
Spend
£200-£299
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Reform UK adGraphic
Your local council is broken. Reform will fix it. Join Reform UK
Ran
30 Dec 2025 - 5 Jan 2026
Reach
40K-45K
Spend
£100-£199
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  • “Your local council is broken. Reform will fix it. Join Reform UK”
Method

A video from 29 December said "The Tories and Labour have campaigned for years on behalf of a man who wants to exterminate British, Jewish and gay people" and linked to a "Deport El-Fattah" site, an attack framed around one individual. From 30 December a run of near-identical images asked people to join Reform to fix "broken" local councils.

Scottish National Party

Public services and the right to choose

Ads this week~5
Top reach>1M
Top spend£1.5K-£2K
Video or graphic, top 5 ads0 video · 5 graphic
Scottish National Party (SNP) adGraphic
From early years to the classroom, we’re building a system that supports learning, eases pressure on parents, and gives every young person the chance to shine.
Ran
17 Nov 2025 - 2 Jan 2026
Reach
>1M
Spend
£1.5K-£2K
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Scottish National Party (SNP) adGraphic
Everyone deserves to see a doctor when they need one. We’re building a healthier and fairer Scotland that works for you.
Ran
17 Nov 2025 - 2 Jan 2026
Reach
>1M
Spend
£1.5K-£2K
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Scottish National Party (SNP) adGraphic
⚡️ Scotland is energy rich, yet we pay some of the highest energy bills in Europe. It's time to vote for a party that will put money back in your pocket. HTTPS://WWW.SNP.ORG/ENERGY
Ran
11 Dec 2025 - 2 Jan 2026
Reach
>1M
Spend
£1.5K-£2K
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Scottish National Party (SNP) adGraphic
Labour introduced tuition fees at Westminster - but in Scotland, the SNP keeps university free so your future depends on talent, not your family income.
Ran
17 Nov 2025 - 2 Jan 2026
Reach
>1M
Spend
£2K-£2.5K
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  • “Scotland is a nation - and every nation has the right to choose its own future.”
Method

Ads that started on 17 November and 11 December ran until 2 January, each passing about a million impressions: education, GP access, energy bills, free tuition and "every nation has the right to choose its own future".

Conservative and Unionist Party

Claiming a u-turn on the "Family Farm Tax"

Ads this week~1
Top reach900K-1M
Top spend£6K-£7K
Video or graphic, top 1 ads1 video · 0 graphic
Conservatives adVideo
Conservatives have forced Labour into a huge u-turn on the Family Farm Tax.
Ran
24 Dec 2025 - 31 Dec 2025
Reach
900K-1M
Spend
£6K-£7K
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Method

One video, started on 24 December, said "Conservatives have forced Labour into a huge u-turn on the Family Farm Tax". It reached 900K–1M people for £6K–£7K, presenting a policy change as an opposition win.

A polling station sign beside a bench
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What changed

What this week tells us

  • Reform's "Deport El-Fattah" video started on 29 December and ran for four days.
  • The SNP's November set of ads ended on 2 January, ahead of its new January campaign.
  • The Conservative farm-tax u-turn video ended on 31 December.