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Reform’s success at the expense of Labour and the Conservatives in recent local elections has triggered speculation that it is on course for significantly more representation in parliament at the next general election.

History proves byelections to be futile polls on leaders. If I were Farage, I would apply for the Tory whip and capture the party from within, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

ANALYSIS: After May 1, there might be no Conservative heartlands left in the country, writes Hannah Bunting

English local elections on May 1 mark the first time widespread voting has happened in the UK since last year’s general election. They are therefore the first big test for the Labour government – but also for Reform’s Nigel Farage. Farage has led his party into elections before but not…

Reform leader hopeful of win against Labour while Tories face losing hundreds of seats in the local elections in England

Exclusive: Professor Sir John Curtice says the big winner of the local elections is already Nigel Farage, whose party he claims has ‘murdered the Tories’

NEWS ANALYSIS: Reform UK needs to win big in the local elections and the Runcorn by-election on 1 May to prove it is a potential party of government. But The Independent’s political editor David Maddox explains why victory could ultimately be its leader’s undoing

With local elections looming, the Lib Dem leader has moved on from Brexit in a bid to woo disillusioned former Tories

Labour mismanagement of Welsh public services and an unambitious Conservative party are a gift to Nigel Farage, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward