The onward march of Reform has seen the party come “within the margin of error” of topping the first of 2025’s weekly tracker polls for The Independent in a major blow to Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch.
The Techne UK survey results came in as Nigel Farage prepared to host a major pre-inauguration party in Washington DC and cash in on his friendship with Donald Trump. It suggests Tories are fleeing in large numbers to Reform but Liberal Democrats are switching to the Tories.
