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.

The upstart Reform UK party has emerged as a serious contender in British politics. The anti-immigrant populist movement has overtaken the main Conservative opposition to jostle with the ruling Labour Party for the lead in opinion polls,