Nigel Farage says Reform's 'real ambition' is the next general election

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Nigel Farage says Reform's 'real ambition' is the next general election
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Nigel Farage acknowledges his party will not form a government after 4 July but hopes to 'become a real opposition' to a Labour government.

Nigel Farage has acknowledged Reform UK will not form a government after 4 July - but said the general election campaign is the 'first big push' towards the next contest. Launching his party's offer to the electorate - which he is calling a 'contract' rather than a manifesto - Mr Farage said his campaign has 'momentum' around the country, including the support of a 'rapidly increasing' number of 18 to 24-year-olds.

' Mr Farage earlier confirmed his ambitions to become prime minister at the next general election, which could be in 2029. Reform's policy document runs to 25 pages - compared with 133 published by Labour - with the first two of the party's five core pledges on immigration. Reform are promising to freeze 'all non-essential immigration' and to 'stop the boats' in their first 100 days in power.

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