Kemi Badenoch’s Tories have received a blow, with the latest poll suggesting that as much as a third of their voters from last year’s election have switched to Reform UK.

Nigel Farage's right-wing Reform UK party overtook Britain's governing Labour Party to become the country's most popular political party in a new poll, reflecting public discontent in Prime Minister Keir Starmer less than seven months into his term.

Reform UK has hit its highest-ever level of support in a bombshell new poll. The survey puts Nigel Farage 's insurgent party in first place on 29%, up two points from the week before. Labour is second with 25%, up two, while the Tories are down three to 18%.

Gordon Rayner speaks exclusively to Rupert Lowe MP