A digital counter on the Reform website showed a membership tally before lunchtime on Boxing Day ticking past 131,680.

Nigel Farage has hit back at Kemi Badenoch's claims that the Reform UK's membership ticker is "fake." The Tory leader had taken to social media to accuse Reform of 'manipulating' its members over the counter,

Nigel Farage’s party, Reform UK, claimed this morning that it had surpassed 131,680 members. According to “Britain’s fastest growing political party”, that means it has more members than the Conservatives.

Nigel Farage declared that Reform UK is now the "real opposition" to Labour after his party's membership overtook the Conservatives.The insurgent party passed the 131,680 Tory members this morning to become the second largest in Britain.

Farage is now the bookmakers’ favorite to succeed Keir Starmer as prime minister. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Nigel Farage thanked those who helped his party "make history" and said Reform is now the "real opposition". A Conservative party spokesperson said Reform UK had helped to deliver a Labour government.

A digital counter on the Reform website showed a membership tally before lunchtime on Boxing Day ticking past the 131,680 figure declared by the Conservative Party during its leadership election earlier this year.