A third of Reform UK voters think the party would be doing better if it were not led by Nigel Farage, a new poll has found. It come after a dramatic split in Reform UK over the last week, with MP Rupert Lowe being kicked out of the party and reported to the police a day after accusing Farage of acting like “the Messiah”.

A key ally of Nigel Farage has teased that the Reform leader could be up for firing his chairman in a bid to bring an end to the party's civil war. Raheem Kassam made the shock revelation just ahead of positive polling revealed that Reform could be crowned the winners of the May local elections.