Labour is down one from the week before to 24%, while the Tories are unchanged on 21% in the poll of 2,686 British adults carried out on Wednesday. It comes on a week that has seen Reform at the centre of a civil war after Great Yarmouth MP Mr Lowe was suspended over allegations about his conduct, which he denies.

T HE PAST few months have largely been good ones for Nigel Farage and Reform UK, the right-wing party he leads. Having won 14% of the vote, and five seats, in the general election last July, the party has since flourished as Labour has dithered in government and the Conservatives have floundered in opposition.