Nigel Farage has positioned Reform UK as the “real opposition to Labour” after his party overtook the Conservatives in one poll.
Farage promised to lead a “political revolt” as he announced his return to frontline politics as the leader of Reform UK.
His party has been consistently polling ahead of the Liberal Democrats and intends to field candidates in almost every constituency at the election.
So who are they, who’s funding them and what do its candidates stand for?
• Reform UK manifesto: the key policies
Unlike in 2019 when the Brexit Party, the precursor to Reform UK, stood aside in seats held by Conservatives, Farage’s party will go up against Tories this time round.
According to the polling expert Sir John Curtice,
