Reform UK now has more members than the Conservative Party, its leader Nigel Farage has said. A digital tracker on Reform's website shows its membership numbers have overtaken the 131,680 figure declared by the Conservatives earlier this year.

Membership for the populist Reform UK party has surpassed that of the Conservatives, according to the party led by Nigel Farage.

Farage is now the bookmakers’ favorite to succeed Keir Starmer as prime minister. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Reform UK says it has surpassed 131,680 members, which was the number the Tories sent out for ballots in the most recent leadership contest

A digital counter on the Reform website showed the membership ticking over the 131,680 of the Conservative Party before lunchtime on Boxing Day