A key ally of Nigel Farage has teased that the Reform leader could be up for firing his chairman in a bid to bring an end to the party's civil war. Raheem Kassam made the shock revelation just ahead of positive polling revealed that Reform could be crowned the winners of the May local elections.

A third of Reform UK voters think the party would be doing better if it were not led by Nigel Farage, a new poll has found. It come after a dramatic split in Reform UK over the last week, with MP Rupert Lowe being kicked out of the party and reported to the police a day after accusing Farage of acting like “the Messiah”.

Nigel Farage's Reform UK must look like a credible party of power to stand a chance of beating Labour and the Conservatives at the next election

Nigel Farage appears to be attempting to make an ally of Dominic Cummings as Reform’s internal civil war plays out in the public eye