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With 20 days to go before the U.K. election, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s campaign has been struck by a nightmare scenario: His Conservative Party has been overtaken by Nigel Farage’s surging Reform UK in a YouGov poll for the Times.
On this morning’s Westminster Insider podcast, POLITICO takes you inside Farage’s party and asks if Reform really can take over British politics. It’s part of a deep dive charting how Farage blew up the election.
After unveiling the Labour manifesto on Thursday, Leader Keir Starmer will face a 30-minute primetime grilling by Nick Robinson on BBC1 at 7.30 p.m. this evening. The manifesto has been met with skepticism, but given Starmer’s 20-odd point polling lead, it’s unlikely to keep him up at night.
Labour’s focusing on mental health on the campaign trail today, revealing plans to fix the crisis and get people back into work.
Follow every twist through the day with the POLITICO team below.
