Farage blames 'staff incompetence' for rows of empty seats as Reform unveils its pre-Budget 'rescue plan'
Nigel Farage at a half-empty Reform UK event, as the latest Ipsos poll puts his party 12 points behind Labour and four points behind the Tories.Reform UK sits at 22.2% in the latest poll-of-polls, with the Ipsos survey placing Nigel Farage's party four points behind the second-placed Tories.
Guests at Lindley Hall in Westminster were moved behind the podium so the room looked full on TV. Nigel Farage admitted Reform UK had endured a 'difficult summer' and needed to 'energise' voters again. Robert Jenrick set out 64 job-creating policies before Chancellor John Healey's Budget on Wednesday. An Ipsos poll puts Reform on 20%, behind Labour on 32% and the Tories on 24%.
Farage on the poll slide: 'Markets go up, markets go down.'
A Tory spokesman called the half-empty hall 'cringingly embarrassing' for Farage and Jenrick.
A Labour spokesperson said: 'We can only hope the crickets in the room enjoyed it.'
