The latest YouGov poll after Reform UK's barnstorming results in the May 1 elections perhaps make the grimmest reading yet for the Conservatives. YouGov has Reform on 29% – seven ahead of Labour on 22 – and 12 clear of the Tories on 17, a multi-year low for the two old parties.

Nigel Farage ’s Reform UK has surged to a record poll high as both Labour and the Tories hit a six-year low. The latest YouGov voting intention survey put Reform on 29%, up three points on last week.

Nigel Farage says he is looking forward to being back on GB News next month having spent weeks “living on the road”. The leader of Reform UK has been off-air since mid-March spearheading his party’s local election fight.