Nigel Farage unveiled 29 new councilors — including more than a dozen Conservative defectors — who have joined Reform UK, as a new survey highlighted how his party is gaining traction among Britain’s voters.

Nigel Farage has revealed that 29 councillors have defected to Reform UK ahead of local elections in May. The party leader says, "we are growing", adding, "there are many, many more in the pipeline that are going through the process at the moment and you will find out who they are over the course of the coming weeks".

The Reform leader said the fallout with MP Rupert Lowe had caused ‘some consternation’, but insisted ‘that upset is very much at the edges’.