Farage unveils new recruits amid storm

NIGEL Farage has announced that more than two dozen councillors across the country have defected to Reform UK, as he attempts to put a bust-up in his parliamentary ranks behind him.

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The Reform leader said the fallout with MP Rupert Lowe had caused “some consternation”, but insisted “that upset is very much at the edges”, and suggested a report into allegations about the MP could be completed this week.

Mr Lowe, the 67-year-old MP for Great Yarmouth, was suspended by Reform UK amid allegations about his conduct, which he has strenuously denied.

The Metropolitan Police has also launched an investigation into “verbal threats” allegedly made by Mr Lowe.