Reform UK leader Nigel Farage answers journalists during a campaign meeting, on 3 June, 2024, ahead of the UK general election. Photo: AFP / Henry Nicholls
Nigel Farage's right-wing Reform UK party is now the most popular political party in Britain, beating the governing Labour Party to take the lead for the first time in an opinion poll published.
The poll, conducted by YouGov for the Times newspaper, showed that if a general election were held tomorrow 25 percent of British voters would choose Reform, 24 percent would pick Labour, and 21 percent would vote for the Conservatives.
Reform's one-point lead over Labour in the poll - which surveyed 2465 people over 2-3 February - is within the margin of error, YouGov said.
Labour, which won the national election in July last year by a landslide, dropped three points when compared to the last survey conducted on 26-27 January, while Reform gained two points.
-Reuters
