Labour has plunged to just 17 per cent in a new poll on voting intention, in what marks the lowest point for Sir Keir Starmer's party.
According to a You Gov poll for Sky News, Labour is sitting on 17 per cent, a drop of three per cent.
Meanwhile, the Tories are neck-and-neck with Keir Starmer's party, also at 17 per cent, while Reform is leading the pack on 27 per cent.
Labour is at threat of falling even lower, with the Green nipping at its heels with 16 per cent.
Mr Starmer could even see his party fall to fifth, with the Lib Dems sitting on 15 per cent - just two points behind Labour.
The gap between second and fifth is just two points.
Reform UK however has stormed ahead with 27 per cent of the voting intention, an increase of one compared to the previous poll.
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Moving asylum seekers into military barracks will help quell public discontent, Downing Street suggests
Moving asylum seekers into military barracks will be worth it, even if it costs more than using hotels, because it will help quell public discontent, Downing Street has suggested.
Asked if the costs of using military sites will be higher than using hotels, the Prime Minister’s official spokesman said: “The costs will vary site by site, but our priorities are security and fairness.”
He added: “What the public don’t want is a situation where asylum seekers, who have a legal duty to have basic accommodation, we don’t want a situation where there is an entitlement to luxury sites as we’ve seen in recent years.
“Military sites can provide proper security, health and wellbeing standards, and that is what we’re intent on delivering, instead of luxury sites, as we’ve seen over recent years.”
When questioned on if this meant the Government thought barracks were a better option even if costs were higher, the spokesman replied: “I think there’s a number of issues in play. The costs will vary site by site, and as I say, we are looking at these initial two sites and if they will prove the concept, and if successful we’ll look at scaling that up.
“But this is also a core issue of public confidence. The public is very clear it does not want asylum seekers housed in hotels, and neither does the Government.”
Rachel Reeves faces NEW £20billion Budget black hole after OBR productivity downgrade
Rachel Reeves could be facing a bigger hole in the public finances than expected ahead of next month’s Budget, with the UK’s productivity outlook set to be downgraded.
The Government is understood to be dealing with an extra £20billion gap in the nation’s finances as the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) prepares to cut its forecasts for UK productivity.
The fiscal watchdog is expected to lower its productivity growth forecast by 0.3 percentage points, a sharper downgrade than the 0.1 to 0.2 point reduction many analysts had predicted.
The revision reflects the UK’s sluggish economic performance since the 2008 financial crash and could force the Government to rethink parts of its tax policy, including Labour’s manifesto pledge not to raise income tax, VAT or national insurance.
Danny Kruger says he is 'absolutely convinced' defecting from Conservatives was 'right thing' to do
Danny Kruger said he was 'absolutely convinced' he had done the right thing by defecting to Reform
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Reform UK MP Danny Kruger said he was “absolutely convinced I’ve done the right thing” by defecting from the Conservatives.
The East Wiltshire MP added: “I’ve been hugely inspired by the people I’ve met in Reform. This is a serious party taking its job seriously, and I’m very encouraged by that.”
Addressing a racism row which has embroiled the party after its MP Sarah Pochin said the sight of black and brown people in adverts “drives me mad”, Mr Kruger said every party is “going to have its bad days in the media”.
But he insisted Reform was seeing a “continued rise in popular support” and was setting its plans out in public “so that nobody can claim they were blindsided when we get into power”.
Danny Kruger calls on public to back party: 'Britain needs Reform and Reform needs you'
Danny Kruger concluded his speech by calling on the public to back Reform.
He said: "If you feel you can contribute publicly or privately please get in touch with us. I can't stress enough the weight of responsibility, the importance of the mission, that Nigel, Zia, Richard and the rest of us have taken on.
"A fundamental reason that people are increasingly backing Reform is because they believe us when we say we will bring change."
Mr Kruger added: "To help [Nigel Farage] be the Prime Minister the country so badly needs him to be, we need the public's help.
"So, if you want to help get the pirate ship-Reform transformed into HMS Reform, ready to govern, then please join us. Step up, step forward, get involved. Britain needs Reform and Reform needs you."
Reform UK will 'restore parliamentary government' - Danny Kruger
Reform UK will restore parliamentary government, Danny Kruger has said.
Mr Kruger said: "That means using its existing powers as Nigel [Farage] suggested we do yesterday to set up a proper parliamentary commission to look at the grooming gangs and it means restoring the role of parliament as the proper legislative body of the country."
The Reform MP explained the party will "reform parliament" to ensure it does "its proper job" to "scrutinise bills and hold the government to account on behalf of the public".
Danny Kruger: Reform to 'cut headcount' in the civil service
Danny Kruger, who defected from the Tories to Reform, said the party will "cut the headcount" at the civil service.
He said: "We put the civil service on notice that under a Reform government we expect the headcount to fall dramatically."
Mr Kruger also said leases on five civil service office buildings in Westminster would not be renewed, with the aim of saving “half a billion over a five-year term”.
The Reform MP gave assurances that the party does not "come with a chainsaw or a wrecking ball" adding: “We respect the institutions of the country, the armed forces, the police, the church, the judiciary and we respect the professionalism and expertise of the people who work in them, so long as those people respect in their turn the right of Parliament, and of ministers to make the rules they work by”.
Reform will 'bring more expertise from outside Government' if elected - Danny Kruger
Speaking at the press conference, Danny Kruger said: "The first thing is we will be prepared. The second thing we will do is to grip the civil service itself.
"It is simply not acceptable, and Reform UK will not accept that, ministers have to take advice from and trust the execution of their decisions to, officials who answer to different bosses than them and who they cannot when they need to quickly remove from their posts."
The Reform MP said the party will bring more expertise, advice and "executive capability from outside Government to serve in Whitehall".
It said it will reform the civil service code to "ensure officials at the top of the civil service and certainly those at the centre of Government are directly answerable to politicians".
Danny Kruger says Reform will have legislation drafted if it wins election: 'It will all start on day one'
Danny Kruger has said Reform will have legislation, a new ministerial code and civil service code, all drafted if it is to win the election, saying it "will all start on day one".
The MP said people will also be "lined up for key appointments" within the party.
'Nothing works properly in Britain,' says Reform MP Danny Kruger
Danny Kruger said 'nothing works properly' in Britain
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Danny Kruger is now speaking at the Reform UK press conference.
He said: "Let us start with the problem: polling and focus grouping and door knocking and all of our personal experiences confirm the state of Britain in 2025. Nothing works properly.
"It is impossible to build anything, the streets are dirty and unsafe, taxes and prices are far too high, immigration is changing our country to the worst and far too work and we are becoming poor, sick and unhappy. There is a malaise over Britain."
Zia Yusuf opens press conference: 'Reform is preparing for Government'
Zia Yusuf has opened the press conference
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Reform's Head of Policy Zia Yusuf has opened the party's press conference by saying the party is "preparing for Government".
He said: "Reform UK is preparing for Government. Not out of hubris or arrogance but because Reform is indisputably leading in the polls."
Reform MP Danny Kruger set to deliver press conference
Reform MP Danny Kruger will hold a press conference shortly.
He is expected to detail the party's plans to "ensure government works for the British people".
Newly-expelled Reform councillors 'displayed lack of integrity' - party spokesman
In response to three further members of Reform's "flagship" council being expelled, a spokesman for the party said: "At the request of the leader of Kent County Council, Councillor Black and Councillor Thomas were invited to meet with officials from Reform HQ in order to find a way forward for all involved.
“Following this meeting, a decision has been made to expel Councillor Black, Councillor Thomas and Councillor Bradshaw from the party after they displayed a lack of integrity.
“These individuals have shown a pattern of dishonest and deceptive behaviour which the party will not tolerate from its elected officials.”
Last week, Bill Barrett and another councillor, Robert Ford, were kicked out by email from Reform HQ.
"Councillors Barrett and Ford have been expelled as their conduct undermined the interests of the party and brought Reform UK into disrepute," the Reform spokesman added.
Three more members of Reform's 'flagship' council booted out for 'dishonest and deceptive behaviour'
Three more members of Reform’s “flagship” council have been expelled for “dishonest and deceptive behaviour” following a leaked video meeting.
Reform UK took control of Kent County Council (KCC) after winning 57 of the 81 seats at the local elections in May, overturning a 30-year Tory majority.
Due to the number of suspensions and removals since May, there are now less than 50 Reform councillors sitting at KCC.
After footage of an online meeting where KCC leader Linden Kemkaran was seen shouting and swearing at her members, four councillors were suspended.
Three of those councillors: Bill Barrett, Oliver Bradshaw and Paul Thomas, along with another councillor, Brian Black, have now been kicked out of Reform UK following investigations.
Last week, Mr Barrett and another councillor, Robert Ford, were kicked out by email from Reform HQ which said they had “undermined” the interests of the party and brought it into “disrepute”.
Mr Barrett was suspended after the video leak while Mr Ford faced allegations of misconduct following an “unofficial complaint” from several female members of KCC staff.
WATCH: Defence minister Luke Pollard says he wants wrongly-released migrant Hadush Kebatu 'off British soil as fast as we can get him'
Defence minister Luke Pollard has said he wants sex offender migrant Hadush Kebatu "off British soil as fast as we can get him".
The Ethiopian national was wrongly freed from HMP Chelmsford on Friday morning instead of being sent to an immigration detention centre.
Mr Pollard told GB News: "That should ever have happened. It is right that David Lammy the Justice Secretary has commissioned an urgent investigation into what actually happened and how we can learn those lessons.
"I don't want to see that person in the UK for a moment longer than he should be - he should be deported and that will happened this week because your viewers, like me, are utterly disgusted at what has happened, not just in his horrendous crimes but in the failing to ensure that he is properly deported at pace, we are learning those lessons.
"I want him off British soil as fast as we can get him. I am anticipated that happens very, very shortly, but we have got to learn the lessons."
Jeremy Corbyn to make cameo in 'gloriously camp' drag panto
Jeremy Corbyn will star in a new drag pantomime set to debut over the Christmas period.
The former Labour leader will star as the “Wizard of Oz-lington” in the new show billed as “gloriously camp”.
Wicked Witches: A Popular Panto will play at the Pleasance Theatre near Caledonian Road in Islington, north London.
The Islington North MP will tread the boards with drag artist Gigi Zahir, playing the wicked witch Adelphaba, alongside Eleanor Burke, appearing as the good witch Kelly Oz-Born.
WATCH: Reform MP Danny Kruger insists Sarah Pochin is 'not racist' but admits TV advert remarks were 'ugly and crass'
WATCH: Shadow Chancellor says Labour 'really let us down' over plans to house migrants at military bases
When asked about Labour's plans to house migrants at military bases, Shadow Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Alex Burghart, told GB News: "This is just a huge admission of failure. The fact is there should be the need for any of this because when the Conservatives left office last summer, we had the Rwanda Plan in place.
"The first thing that Keir Starmer did when he became Prime Minister was scrap it.
"The first thing he did was scrap a deterrent programme which would have meant people who crossed the Channel illegally, came to our country illegally, their feet wouldn't have touched the ground, they would have been sent to a third country for processing.
"Instead, Labour tore that up and here is the result - they are having to use massive army barracks to house thousands and thousands of people who have come into the country. They have really let us down."
More military bases could soon be used to house asylum seekers, defence minister suggests
More military bases could soon be used to house asylum seekers if the proof of concept is achieved with two barracks sites, a defence minister said.
Luke Pollard said conversations about using the bases for accommodation had been taking place for “a number of months”.
He told BBC Breakfast: "Some bases are small, some bases are larger in terms of numbers, but I think the conversation around the bases that are in the news today is about proving this concept, is about seeing whether this works.
"We believe that these bases can provide adequate accommodation for asylum seekers."
Mr Pollard said the bases were not "luxury accommodating by any means" but are "adequate for what is required".
Tories to demand release of documents in collapse of China spy case
Shadow home secretary Chris Philp is set to use a Commons debate to call for the release of Government documents related to the trial
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The Conservatives will continue pressuring the Government over the collapse of the Chinese spying trial with a vote in Parliament today.
Shadow home secretary Chris Philp is set to use a Commons debate to call for the release of Government documents related to the trial as he seeks to blame Sir Keir Starmer for its collapse.
The Tories have claimed that the Government “sabotaged” the case against Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry, which was withdrawn last month after the Crown Prosecution Service said it did not have the evidence to secure a conviction.
Mr Berry and Mr Cash, a former parliamentary researcher, deny wrongdoing.
The Government denies deliberately collapsing the case, saying ministers and special advisers had no role in preparing witness statements from deputy national security adviser Matt Collins.
On Tuesday, the Conservatives will use an opposition day debate to hold a vote demanding the release of correspondence relating to the case, which the party has dubbed “the China files”.