From The Independent · · 1m 30s
Reform slides to third as Badenoch lifts Tories
Kemi Badenoch's inheritance tax pledge boosts Conservative polling while Nigel Farage's party falls behind Labour for the first time since the election.
In brief
Kemi Badenoch's inheritance tax pledge boosts Conservative polling while Nigel Farage's party falls behind Labour for the first time since the election. Reform UK dropped to third place in polling for the first time since the general election as Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives gained ground on an inheritance tax pledge…
Reform drops to third place
Reform UK has fallen behind Labour and the Conservatives in polling for the first time since the general election, according to a YouGov poll for The Times.
Badenoch's tax pledge lifts Tories
The Conservatives gained three points to reach twenty three percent after Kemi Badenoch vowed to abolish inheritance tax on family homes at the party's annual conference in Birmingham.
Badenoch's inheritance tax plan
Ms Badenoch said a couple could leave one million pounds to their children tax-free on top of their home's value, reducing families paying inheritance tax by more than half.
“keep more of what they earn”
Reform falls to twenty one percent
Reform's support fell by one point to twenty one percent, its lowest score in a YouGov poll since the two thousand twenty four general election.
Farage's popularity at record low
Nigel Farage's net favourability rating fell to minus forty five, identical to Sir Keir Starmer's score before his resignation as prime minister, according to YouGov's ten year tracker.
Donations scandal overshadows Reform
A donations scandal at Reform's September conference forced Nigel Farage to answer questions about illegal donations, leading to the resignation of his chief of staff Dan Jukes and policy director James Orr.
What to remember
Reform UK dropped to third place in polling for the first time since the general election as Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives gained ground on an inheritance tax pledge.
