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Reform support surges to new high, poll shows

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Another day, another positive poll result for Reform. The latest Westminster voting intention poll from YouGov shows Nigel Farage’s party swooping into first place – again. More than a quarter of Brits would vote for the Reform crowd if there were a general election tomorrow, with the party up a point since last week and on its highest figure to date in a YouGov poll. Watch out Keir…

The Labour lot received the backing of 25 per cent of poll respondents – also up a point on the previous week – to land in second place, while Kemi Badenoch’s boys in blue came third with just over a fifth of Brits backing the Tories. In fact the data revealed that 10 per cent of 2024 Labour voters would now support Reform, while just under a quarter of those who voted Tory at the July poll would switch to the Farage-founded party if there were a general election now. Conversely, just 4 per cent of those who backed Reform UK last year would jump ship to the Conservatives. How the tables turn…

The data follows a host of poor poll results for Sir Keir Starmer's Labour lot – including another today that reveals four times as many Brits disapprove of the government than approve of it. Oo er.

As for Reform, this latest results follows surveys published earlier this year by FindOutNow and YouGov which showed the party in first place – while last week the Spectator's poll tracker revealed Farage's group was now out in front of its competitors. Will this trend continue? Stay tuned…

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