Reform UK has overtaken Labour in a national opinion poll for the first time, pushing Sir Keir Starmer’s party into third place.

Nigel Farage’s party commands 24 per cent of public support, according to Find Out Now – up by two points on last week.

The poll of 2,607 adults, conducted on Wednesday, shows Labour on 23 per cent – down two points on last week – while the Tories lead with 26 per cent.

It is the first Westminster voting intention poll to put Reform ahead of Labour, prompting Zia Yusuf, the Reform chairman, to declare that it would win the next general election.

Sharing news of the poll on his account on X, formerly Twitter, on Thursday night, Mr Farage wrote: “And we’re just getting started.”

But the findings are currently an outlier, with Labour having led Reform by between seven and 11 points in polls conducted by BMG, JL Partners and More in Common in recent weeks.