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British public now see Reform as main opposition over Tories, finds Ipsos poll
Sarah Pochin, the newly elected MP for Runcorn and Helsby, joins her fellow Reform UK MPs outside the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, London, before her swearing in as an MP, May 6, 2025

REFORM is widely seen as the main opposition party over the Conservatives, according to a public poll.

Britons are now slightly more likely to consider Reform UK (37 per cent) as the main opposition party, ahead of the Conservatives (33 per cent), the Ipsos survey said.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is also now considered more likely to become prime minister (39 per cent) than Kemi Badenoch (25 per cent).

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