Reform UK Is Coming For Your Sex Life

Reform MP Danny Kruger wants to join us in the bedroom.

Some people like to say they’re “not interested” in politics. What they usually mean is that they’re privileged enough to feel politics doesn’t affect their day-to-day lives — or their bodies, relationships, or personal freedoms. But that’s getting harder to maintain as debates around sex, gender, and autonomy move further into the political spotlight.

The UK is, according to Reform MP Danny Kruger, “suffering from having a totally unregulated sexual economy,” with the politician suggesting his party could play a “limited but important role” in resetting sexual culture.

Despite the slightly clinical phrasing, Kruger isn’t talking about the regulation of sex work or the safety and legality of the industry. Instead, his comments appear to be aimed at what people do in private, behind closed doors.

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Kruger has also described Reform UK as having a “pronatalist ambition”, signalling interest in policies designed to encourage higher birth rates. This includes exploring potential changes to the tax system, such as shifting from individual taxation to household-based payments.

These comments, and the ideas behind them, have real implications beyond Westminster. And it's not just Kruger, it's the entire misogynistic party. Here’s why Reform’s stance on the so-called “unregulated sexual economy” matters for everyone.

Asked what role a political party could have in undoing the sexual revolution, Kruger said it would be “a limited but important one.” He suggested policy could be “critically important to the way families form”, including potential changes to the tax system that would see partners filing a household tax return rather than being taxed as individuals.

For many people, the late twenties can already feel like a period of intense social pressure, from the expectation to settle down to the wave of engagement announcements that seem to arrive all at once on social media.

Policy shifts that favour household-based taxation could amplify concerns that marriage and traditional family structures are being positioned as the social ideal. Critics argue that such approaches risk disadvantaging those whose lives don’t follow a conventional relationship trajectory.

Many people, including those who don’t see marriage as a personal or religious necessity, may feel that policies tied to marital status could limit the sense that partnership structures are a matter of individual choice.

In an interview with the House magazine, the MP— who recently defected from the Conservative Party — said he would personally support reversing the introduction of no-fault divorce in England and Wales.

Before the 2022 reform, couples had to cite reasons such as adultery, unreasonable behaviour or separation to legally end a marriage.

Critics argue that framing divorce through a moral lens risks making it harder or more emotionally burdensome for people — particularly women — to leave unhappy or unsafe relationships. Campaigners also warn that weakening no-fault divorce could reinforce economic and social inequalities, especially for those who are financially or socially dependent within a marriage.

While no immediate plans exist to repeal the reform, the rhetoric around divorce has sparked concern that relationship autonomy could become part of a broader cultural debate about the role of marriage in modern life.

Kruger said that “marriage traditionally was the means by which sexual relations between men and women were regulated” and that the UK is suffering from having a “totally unregulated sexual economy”.

Critics argue that framing marriage primarily through a heterosexual lens risks excluding the diversity of modern relationships. For queer couples, who have only gained full legal recognition in the UK in recent decades, such rhetoric can feel like a step backwards in cultural acceptance.