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Nigel Farage is ready to unveil “a couple” of Labour defections subsequent week. The Reform UK chief was requested for an replace at a press convention right now after he teased in January {that a} Labour politician would leap ship.

Mr Farage mentioned: “I’ll be doing a press conference next week at which I’ll have a couple of Labour defectors. Not MPs, but people who’ve played very significant roles in public life in Labour in this country.”

The Reform chief had beforehand promised a Labour defection after Robert Jenrick’s transfer.

A string of Tory figures have switched to Reform in current months together with Suella Braverman, Danny Kruger and Nadhim Zahawi.

But Mr Farage has been pressured to disclaim his outfit is changing into “the Conservative Party 2.0”.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves beforehand shrugged off the Reform boss’s promise of a Labour switcher.

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She mentioned in January: “Nigel Farage says a lot of things and I think we should all take those with a pinch of salt.”

Mr Farage’s press convention was attributable to be on Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s spring assertion tomorrow and Reform’s pledge for electoral reform.

But it was largely dominated by the Middle East battle, with Mr Farage branding Sir Keir Starmer’s response as “pathetic”.