Reform UK's national leadership is facing growing tension with its own voter base after new polling showed many grassroots supporters prefer local solar farms over fracking projects in their communities.
A survey conducted by More in Common for the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) found that 43% of people who backed Reform UK in England's local elections would choose solar farms as the better local energy source, compared with 23% who preferred fracking. Across all voters surveyed, support for solar rose to 60%, while only 10% selected fracking.