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Nigel Farage is coming for Sir Keir Starmer. The Reform UK leader has hounded Tory prime ministers throughout his career but now the Labour PM should be worried. Reform is now polling ahead of both Labour and the Tories – and Mr Farage and his colleagues know that winning the next election depends on ousting scores of Labour MPs.

X owner Musk - a close ally of the US President Donald Trump - attacked Mr Farage, saying "doesn't have what it takes" to lead the right-wing Reform UK.

Nigel Farage's right-wing Reform UK party is now the most popular political party in Britain, beating the governing Labour Party to take the lead for the first time in an opinion poll published on Monday.

The same survey indicated a 3 percentage point swing towards Reform UK from both Labour and the Tories which could result in it securing 169 seats. The YouGov poll suggested Farag

MailOnline looks at the rise of Reform UK, as Nigel Farage's party overtakes Labour on top polling for the first time.The YouGov poll shows that if a General Election were held tomorrow, 25 per cent of British voters would choose Reform.