Reform UK overtakes Labour to top YouGov poll for first time

Reform UK have topped a YouGov poll for the first time after taking over Labour.

Sky News report that one in five Tory voters at the last election would now vote for Reform.

Sky News also report that these figures are likely to cause a debate within the Conservative Party on whether they should consider merging with Reform UK.

Just yesterday, Reform UK announced they will hold the 'biggest ever' political rally in modern British history.

As the party prepares for the local and mayoral elections on May 1, it has announced plans to hold a campaign launch rally at the Arena Birmingham, the venue formerly known as the National Indoor Arena.

The event is set to take place on March 28, and Reform UK claimed it will be 'the biggest ever launch rally in modern British political history'.

Party leader Nigel Farage is expected to appear alongside candidates hoping to become councillors and regional mayors.

Announcing the rally, Farage said: "Reform has all the momentum in British politics and we are only just getting started.

"May 1 is our first real test and we are kicking off our campaign with something that's never been done before. I can't wait to show you all what we've been planning."

Farage's announcement came after the party held two regional rallies this past weekend.

On Friday, Farage made a speech to party members in North West Essex, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch's constituency.

Over the Christmas period Badenoch claimed Reform's announcement that it had gained more than 100,000 members was false.

The party then held a second rally on Saturday in Houghton-le-Spring near Sunderland.

Both are areas where Reform hope to gain seats in the upcoming election.

However, many of May's local elections could be postponed as a result of plans to overhaul the way local government in England works.

The Government wants to abolish two-tier council areas as it seeks to devolve more power from Westminster.

So far 18 councils have written to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government asking to postpone their 2025 elections to allow time to develop proposals on reorganisation, the House of Commons has been told.