Nigel Farage has confirmed he will be giving up ownership of Reform UK ahead of the party's first major conference this weekend.

Taking to social media, the leader of Reform told supporters: " I'm relinquishing control of the of the company and indeed of the overall control of the party. It's now going to be the members.

"And that, I think, is the right thing. And it's the right thing because this conference marks the coming of age of Reform UK, and that's something that I'm very, very excited about.

"There will be a board put in place with elected representation to make sure the party is being managed properly, and to make sure we don't suffer from entry ism. After all, we wouldn't want to be like the Labour Party."