Reform is on track to smash Keir Starmer‘s so-called ‘Red Wall’, according to a grim poll today.
Support for Nigel Farage‘s party has surged in traditional Labour strongholds across the North and Midlands – from 18 per cent at the general election to 30 per cent.
Meanwhile, Sir Keir has seen his party slide from 39 per cent to 27 per cent, with his own popularity nosediving.
More than two-thirds of residents in the crucial battleground agree that Britain is broken’, with just 23 per cent saying that is not true.
The research by Survation for The Sun will set alarm bells ringing in Downing Street as local elections loom – with Mr Farage vowing to ‘plant tanks’ on Labour’s lawn.
Sir Keir has been increasingly turning his fire on Reform, after abandoning the approach of ignoring the newcomers. Strategists believe the party is likely to be a bigger threat than the Tories by 2029.
Support for Nigel Farage’s (pictured) party has surged in traditional Labour strongholds across the North and Midlands – from 18 per cent at the general election to 30 per cent
The PM has been focusing on Mr Farage’s NHS views, close ties to Donald Trump, and claims he has a soft stance on Russia.
Survation quizzed more than 2,000 residents in the Midlands and North last week. Labour reclaimed a swathe of seats there in July that the Tories had picked up in Boris Johnson’s 2019 election landslide.
Sir Keir’s net approval rating was a dismal -26, based on 27 per cent having a positive view and 53 per cent negative.
By comparison Mr Farage was on -4 and Tory leader Kemi Badenoch on -8.
Chancellor Rachel Reeves came out particularly badly after huge tax hikes and cuts to winter fuel payments for pensioners, with a rating of -35.
Among those living in areas where local elections are going ahead on May 1, Reform’s support was 29 per cent with Labour on 20 per cent and the Tories 24 per cent.
However, the sample was relatively small for those residents, making the results more volatile.
The cost of living was regarded as the most important issue by 53 per cent, with immigration next on 35 per cent, health 32 per cent and the economy 28 per cent.
Survation chief Damian Lyons-Lowe told The Sun: ‘On May 1, elections will be held for councils in England that were last contested in 2021 — a cycle during which Reform UK did not stand candidates.
‘Today’s polling indicates Reform’s huge disruption to the status quo across the Midlands and the North.’
Sir Keir’s net approval rating was a dismal -26, based on 27 per cent having a positive view and 53 per cent negative
