Reform UK has opened up a 10-point lead over the Green Party and the Tories, a new opinion poll has shown.
Nigel Farage’s party were backed by 27 per cent of voters in the latest YouGov survey, up three percentage points from the previous week.
Labour remained slumped in fourth place on 16 per cent (down one point), behind the Tories (17 per cent, down two points) and the Greens (17 per cent, down one point).
Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats were backed by 14 per cent of voters, while Restore Britain – led by ex-Reform MP Rupert Lowe – were on three per cent.
The poll will provide a boost to Mr Farage and Reform ahead of next month’s local elections, and following recent signs the party’s support had been flagging.
Two previous YouGov surveys this month had put Reform’s lead at just five percentage points.
Ahead of elections for the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Senedd and English councils on 7 May, Mr Farage has been urging Brits to use their vote to help oust Keir Starmer.
The Prime Minister is under renewed pressure over the Peter Mandelson scandal and Mr Farage has been telling voters: ‘Vote Reform. Get Starmer Out.’
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It is expected that a dismal set of results for Labour across Scotland, Wales and England could see a push by Labour MPs to topple the unpopular PM.
Angela Rayner, the former deputy PM and ex-Labour deputy leader, is due to pile further pressure on Sir Keir tonight by demanding ‘bolder action’ from the Government.
It emerged at the weekend how Ms Rayner had met with Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham at her home in Ashton-under-Lyne.
Both are seen as potential contenders to replace Sir Keir should a Labour leadership contest take place.
Ms Rayner is expected to tell the National Growth Debate in London on Tuesday evening that the Government needs to pick up the pace of action to improve people’s lives.
In tacit criticism of the job done by Sir Keir so far, Ms Rayner is set to tell the event say there should be a ‘bolder story’ from the Government on how it is serving the British people and taking on a system that is rigged in favour of vested interests.
Senior Labour MP Sarah Champion said a leadership challenge is ‘absolutely the last thing that we want right now’, but was blunt about the challenge facing Sir Keir.
She told BBC Radio 4’s Today: ‘I’ll be honest with you, people don’t like Keir on the door but it’s not over this Mandelson thing. They don’t like him personally.
‘There’s been a fantastic campaign by opposition parties to undermine him.’
Amid the latest revelations in the Mandelson scandal, Ms Champion said voters were more concerned by events in Iran and rising energy costs, adding: ‘I think that so much attention being given to the minutiae of this just confirms the Westminster bubble in their mind and they don’t like it.’
