In a recent poll, support for Reform UK reached an all-time high, while the Tories fell to their lowest point since Liz Truss. The rebel party led by Richard Tice received 12% of the vote in the YouGov survey, an increase of 2% over the previous week.
Meanwhile, the Conservatives are down two points to 20 per cent, which is on par with the final days of Ms Truss’s brief premiership.
Labour is 27 points clear of the Tories on 47 per cent in the poll of 2,092 UK adults carried out on Tuesday and Wednesday. The Lib Dems have eight per cent and the Greens are on seven per cent.
Less than half – 49 per cent – of 2019 Tory voters now say they will back the party, while 25 per cent have switched to Reform UK.
Reacting to the poll, Mr Tice said: “We continue relentlessly onwards and upwards.
“We knew 12 per cent would happen soon, next stop 13 per cent plus.”
Former MEP Rupert Lowe, who is standing for the party in the Kingswood by-election, added: “Reform up two points with YouGov to 12 per cent.
“Change is coming, something significant is happening. Decent Brits are saying enough is enough.”