Reform UK losing support to Labour after ‘difficult year’, says Danny Kruger
Summary
Reform UK MP Danny Kruger said Labour had regained some support from Reform after replacing an unpopular leader with Andy Burnham, and described the past year as difficult for his party. Reform has faced scrutiny over Nigel Farage’s undeclared £5m gift, undercover investigations and departures of party figures, while polls showed the Conservatives gaining ground.Key Facts
- Danny Kruger said Labour had taken back several points from Reform in polls.
- Kruger said he did not regret leaving the Conservatives for Reform.
- A More in Common poll put the Conservatives at 25%, their highest share in 18 months, according to the poll’s figures.
- A poll by former Conservative deputy chair Lord Ashcroft put Labour at 31%, the Conservatives at 26% and Reform UK at 18%.
- Reform is awaiting a standards commissioner’s report concerning Farage’s failure to declare a £5m gift from crypto billionaire Christopher Harborne.
- Undercover media investigations have been followed by the departures of two Farage advisers and several councillors.
- Reform’s general secretary left the role the week before Kruger’s remarks.
- Former Reform member Tim Montgomerie said he no longer thought the party was likely to win the next general election.
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