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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Toby Helm Political editor

Reform UK bearing down on Labour as voters back harder line on migration

A group of people thought to be migrants are brought into Dungeness, Kent, onboard the RNLI lifeboat
A group of people thought to be migrants is brought into Dungeness, Kent. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, is now neck and neck with Labour largely because its stance on immigration is proving attractive to floating voters, according to the latest Opinium poll for the Observer.

The rise of the populist rightwing party is causing increasing concern in the Labour high command and among the many Labour MPs who hold seats where Reform came a close second at last summer’s general election.

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