Reform UK leader Nigel Farage visited The Big Club in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, after Reform made gains against both Labour and the Conservatives across England in local polls (PA)“The party that I lead is expanding. Sir Keir has faced calls to change tack after Reform UK gained an MP in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election, winning by six votes, and took control of the previously Labour-run Doncaster Council. Clive Efford, Labour MP for Eltham and Chislehurst, said it was “madness” to keep doing the same thing. Sir Keir is expected to set out a proposed crackdown on immigration in a white paper due to be released in the coming weeks, according to reports. Shadow chief Treasury secretary Richard Fuller said Reform UK would soon find out there are “no simple answers” to local public finances and have to make “difficult choices”.
