Reform of the United Kingdom of Nigel Farage surpasses Laborists in a new opinion survey

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Reform UK has taken the initiative in a British opinion survey for the first time, in a movement that will alarm the Labor the conservatives before the local elections in May.

Public support for reform UK, the right -wing populist party led by Nigel Farage, increased 2 percentage points to 25 percent, according to the Yougov survey.

The ruler Labor Party of Sir Keir Starmer dropped 3 points to 24 percent, while the conservatives fell 1 point to 21 percent.

Yougov said it was the first time that his survey for The Times had shown reform in the United Kingdom, although with a leadership of only 1 point over labor, this was “within the margin of error.”

Opinion surveys less than 12 months in a five -year Parliament are rarely a precise predictor of how people will vote in the next general elections.

But the strong performance of reform UK will sound the alarms in Downing Street before the local elections of May in England, with Starmer struggling to neutralize the messages of the populist party.

Farage’s party would introduce harder immigration controls and oppose the climatic objectives of Great Britain, including the scope of net carbon emissions by 2050.

Anthony Wells, head of European political and social research at Yougov, said the survey suggested that three games were competing for leadership.

“While remains within the margins of error, it reinforces the fact that the reform is more or less equal in support of the workforce, with the conservatives backing down again,” he added.

The upper ministers believe that they can recover public support if they can show progress in priorities such as cutting waiting lists of the NHS hospital and increasing housing construction.

But Farage’s party, which has five parliamentarians, seems to benefit from a growing mood against the establishment in many Western nations.

Reform UK has been praised by Elon Musk, the billionaire of technology and confidant near the US president Donald Trump, who has repeatedly criticized Starmer.

Farage said in December that Musk was considering making a donation to reform the United Kingdom, but the two men have faced the support of the businessman to the extreme right -right activist Tommy Robinson.

On Tuesday, Farage told the BBC: “Elon Musk has many opinions, some of which I agree, some of which not.”

Last week, a “mega survey” of almost 18,000 voters commissioned by the Hope Not Hate campaign group, and carried out by Focaldata, suggested that reform UK would win 76 seats if a general election was immediately held, including 60 currently in Labor power.

The same survey indicated a change of 3 percentage points towards reform uk of both the Labor and the conservatives that could result in obtaining 169 seats.

The Yougov survey suggested that Farage’s party was more popular among men, those of the origins of the working class and the voters who support Brexit.

The survey found that Reform UK enjoyed its greatest support in Midlands and northern England, with the game in just 13 percent in London.

The survey recorded that the support for the liberal Democrats and Greens did not change to 14 percent and 9 percent respectively.

Separately, on Tuesday, Yougov brought co -founder and former boss Stephan Shakespeare to replace executive president Steve Hatch interimly while a search for a permanent replacement began.

The data research and analysis group said that Hatch’s departure was “mutually agreed”, although he has only completed 18 months on the paper and has faced calls to withdraw the Gatemore Capital activist investor after the shares fell 70 percent During last year.

Shakespeare is the non -executive president of the Board and remains an important shareholder.