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Labour MPs are pushing for the Government to crack down on immigration and focus on delivering on its promises in a bid to stop the rise of Reform UK.
A poll by YouGov has shown the insurgent right-wing party winning more support than any other, the first time a major pollster has put Reform in the lead.
The survey suggested that Nigel Farage’s party has the support of 25 per cent of voters, ahead of Labour on 24 per cent and the Conservatives on 21 per cent.
Reform’s rise in popularity has been confirmed by multiple other polls including BMG Research’s survey last week for The i Paper which showed it just one point behind Labour and the Tories.
Labour Together, a pro-Government think-tank run by former MP Jonathan Ashworth, is leading the party’s charge against Reform with a more aggressive message.
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One MP said: “Delivery is key. So is scrutiny of their endless easy answers to stuff.”
But another backbencher warned that ministers would have to redouble their focus on cutting net migration, saying: “It is the number one thing that is raised with me in my seat.
“We have to reduce legal migration. It is at such a high number that it’s almost like a free hit to say we will bring it down.
A poll by YouGov has shown the insurgent right-wing party winning more support than any other, the first time a major pollster has put Reform in the lead.
The survey suggested that Nigel Farage’s party has the support of 25 per cent of voters, ahead of Labour on 24 per cent and the Conservatives on 21 per cent.
Reform’s rise in popularity has been confirmed by multiple other polls including BMG Research’s survey last week for The i Paper which showed it just one point behind Labour and the Tories.
Labour Together, a pro-Government think-tank run by former MP Jonathan Ashworth, is leading the party’s charge against Reform with a more aggressive message.
One MP said: “Delivery is key. So is scrutiny of their endless easy answers to stuff.”
But another backbencher warned that ministers would have to redouble their focus on cutting net migration, saying: “It is the number one thing that is raised with me in my seat.
“We have to reduce legal migration. It is at such a high number that it’s almost like a free hit to say we will bring it down.
