Nigel Farage rejoiced as Reform UK won three council seats in England last night, hailing one result as "epic". The party claimed by-election gains in Essex's Frinton ward last night, with Anne Davis becoming a new councillor for Tendring District Council and Fiona Ann Knowles winning the Frinton and Walton Town Council seat.

Kemi Badenoch just bizarrely described Nigel Farage’s Reform UK as “another left-wing party”. The populist movement has become a rival right-wing opponent to the Conservatives over the last year. While leading in the opinion polls – the Tories are currently trailing in fourth place – Reform clinched a staggering 677 council seats in the English local elections last month and won the Runcorn and Helsby by-election.