Nigel Farage has announced a wave of local politicians defecting to Reform UK as the party gears up its push for success in council elections in May.At a press conference he read out a list of 29 councillors switching their allegiances to Reform,

A third of Reform UK voters think the party would be doing better if it were not led by Nigel Farage, a new poll has found. It come after a dramatic split in Reform UK over the last week, with MP Rupert Lowe being kicked out of the party and reported to the police a day after accusing Farage of acting like “the Messiah”.