Reform UK Overtakes Conservatives in Major Poll

Reform UK has overtaken the Conservatives for the first time in a major opinion poll. A YouGov survey released on Thursday has Nigel Farage’s party at 19 percent to the Conservatives’ 18 percent in voting intention. “With Reform UK having seen a slow but steady upward trend in their vote over the last few months, there had been whispers that the day might come when a poll shows the party overtaking the unpopular Conservatives,” said YouGov. It added that while numerically ahead, “it is worth keeping sight of the fact that these figures are well within the margin of error of one another,” and “we will not be able to tell for some time whether Reform can sustain or improve their position relative to the Conservatives.”...