Reform UK Slump Continues As Labour Hit Near Two-Year Opinion Poll High

Support for Reform UK is continuing to plummet, according to a damning new poll.

YouGov also found that Labour is now at its highest level of support since January last year as Andy Burnham’s honeymoon shows no sign of ending.

The poll put Labour up 3 points to 27%, with Reform down 3 points to 22%.

That put Nigel Farage’s party just 2 points ahead of the Conservatives, who are up a point to 20%.

The Lib Dems and Greens are neck-and-neck on 11% each.

At the start of this year, Reform were still polling at around 30%, and in May were the clear winners of the local elections in England.

However, a series of controversies have led to them slipping in the national polls.

Parliament’s standards commissioner is investigating Farage’s failure to declare a £5 million gift he received from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne shortly before he became an MP in 2024.

The Metropolitan Police have also launched a criminal probe after a Channel 4 documentary appeared to show senior Reform figures trying to solicit money from a foreign donor.

Meanwhile, a poll of polls by Election Maps UK shows how Labour’s growing lead over Reform has coincided with Burnham’s time in No.10.

The two parties were still neck-and-neck in July, when he took over from Keir Starmer as prime minister.

But since then, Labour’s lead has stretched to me than 3 points. 

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