Reform UK has stormed to a 10-point lead over Labour as a staggering new poll shows Sir Keir Starmer's Conference speech has massively backfired.
Sir Keir launched several attacks on Mr Farage, describing him as the "enemy" with "racist" policies and even describing the dinghies crossing the Channel full of illegal migrants as "Farage boats".
But a new poll suggested that the Prime Minister's scathing tactics appear to have blown up in his face.
The More in Common poll of more than 2,000 people found Reform's lead over Labour has jumped from three points to 10 in just a week.
Mr Farage's party leapt two points to 30 per cent, while Labour slumped five points to 20 per cent.
Sir Keir denied he was trying to incite violence against the Reform UK leader, but blamed him for the small boats crisis because of his successful Brexit campaign.
The Prime Minister told GB News: "I would gently point out to Nigel Farage and others that before we left the EU, we had a returns agreement with every country in the EU, and he told the country it would make no difference if we left.
"He was wrong about that. These are Farage boats, in many senses, that are coming across the Channel."
The Reform UK leader said that "the Prime Minister is inverting the truth" and "is gaslighting the British public and attempting to blame everything on me".
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Migration and Ukraine will be the 'two dominant issues' for European leaders
Sir Keir Starmer has said that migration and Ukraine will be the "two dominant issues" for European leaders to discuss as they meet today at the European Political Community.
The Prime Minister told reporters: "We're certainly discussing illegal migration and looking at what further options we can take together.
"Obviously, I've always argued that working with other countries is always a stronger response. So we're looking at a number of options there.
"There's a big appetite for it, a number of countries wanting to work with us on what more we can do. So, we'll be looking at that.
"There is also, then, obviously, the question of Ukraine and how we put in more support for Ukraine, put pressure on Putin. So, it'll really be migration and Ukraine will be the two dominant issues in the discussions today."
Mike Tapp backs the Prime Minister's comments saying there is no 'golden ticket' to the UK for refugees
Home Office Minister Mike Tapp has backed Sir Keir Starmer's comments that there is no "golden ticket" to settling in the UK, with refugees having to "earn" their right to stay long term.
Mr Tapp told GB News: "What we are seeing from the Prime Minister today is making it clear, to those who are in Europe looking to claim asylum, that we are not a soft touch and that you cannot shop around so we are levelling that playing field and making it fairer for the people of Britain, but of course offering that help to the people that need it.
"We have started with those record increases in deportations and removals. We've also got returns agreements across the board, including with the French, which means that those pull factors are reduced.
"We are looking at the ECHR, which is really important, and we are making sure we are moving people out of hotel accommodation into MoD accommodation."
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Sir Keir Starmer describes Metropolitan Police officers making racist and misogynistic comments as 'shocking'
The Prime Minister has described the footage obtained by the BBC of Metropolitan Police officers making racist and misogynistic comments as "shocking".
Sir Keir Starmer called on Sir Mark Rowley "to be very robust in his response".
The shocking footage revealed officers making sexualised comments to colleagues and sharing racist views about immigrants and Muslims.
Mr Rowley said that nine officers and one staff member have been suspended, and two other officers have been removed from frontline duties.
Sir Keir Starmer says there is no 'golden ticket' to the UK as refugees will have to earn right to stay
Sir Keir Starmer said there will be no "golden ticket" to settling in the UK under plans to require refugees to "earn" their right to stay long term.
The Government has proposed plans to end automatic family union rights for those granted asylum in the UK and change the requirements for long-term settlement in Britain.
The Prime Minister said: "I believe that if you want to come to the UK, you should contribute to our society.
"That is the tolerant and fair approach to migration that our communities are built on, but the current system is not fit for purpose.
"That is why we're making fundamental changes to what those granted asylum are afforded in the UK.
"Settlement must be earned by contributing to our country, not by paying a people smuggler to cross the Channel in a boat."
No10 says new digital ID card will not be known as 'Britcard' as support plummets
The Government's new digital identity card will not be known as a "BritCard", Downing Street has confirmed.
The digital identity card - unveiled last week by Sir Keir Starmer - was immediately dubbed "the BritCard" as that was the name given to the scheme by Labour Together, the left-wing think tank close to No10, in the summer.
The concept of a "BritCard" immediately led to backlash from politicians in devolved UK regions, notably Northern Ireland, where nationalists would have boycotted the scheme if it were known as a "BritCard".
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar confirmed in an interview with GB News' Chopper's Political Podcast that the new ID card would not be called the BritCard.
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Bridget Phillipson says there is 'real urgency' to scrap the two-child benefit cap
Bridget Phillipson says there is a 'real urgency' to scrap the two-child benefit cap
| PAEducation Secretary Bridget Phillipson said there is "real urgency" to scrap the two-child benefit cap amid speculation it could be lifted in the upcoming budget.
The Conservatives introduced the two-child limit, which restricts child tax credit and universal credit to the first two children in most households.
Campaigners say it pulls more than 100 children into poverty across the UK every day.
Ms Phillipson told the BBC: "There's a real urgency about this because every year that passes, as children are born, as they move into that system, the numbers go up, child poverty rates increase.
"This was a Tory policy that's had a devastating impact on children, and we'll sort it."
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