Reform voters lean towards closer EU ties, poll reveals

A shock new poll has revealed that even a majority of Reform UK supporters now want to unpick parts of Brexit and move the UK closer to the EU.

- DAVID MADDOX

The major YouGov survey of 2,224 voters has underlined a significant shift in attitudes to the Brexit debate and suggests that Nigel Farage's continued hostility towards the EU is not even landing with his own party's supporters.

According to the findings, 55 per cent of Reform UK (previously the Brexit Party) voters want a permanent youth mobility scheme for young people in the UK and Europe to be put in place with just 34 per cent opposing.

The scheme is being looked at following the Brexit reset by Sir Keir Starmer earlier this year, which the prime minister described as an ongoing process.

Overall, 76 per cent of those asked support the scheme, compared to only 13 per cent who are opposed.

Meanwhile, 62 per cent of Tory voters support the youth mobility scheme despite the party's hard line in favour of Brexit, while 90 per cent of Sir Keir's Labour voters back it.

In a further telling result, Reform voters also back closer trading with the EU by 41 per cent to 19 per cent.