TORIES CALL FOR REFORM PACT TO SAVE UK

LEADING Tories have called for Kemi Badenoch to make an election pact with Nigel Farage to save the country from another five years of Labour damage.

- By David Williamson

They are desperate to oust Sir Keir Starmer, Angela Rayner and Rachel Reeves before they inflict more of the pain caused by the winter fuel allowance cuts, inheritance tax rule changes and a destabilised economy.

Powerful figures want the Conservatives and Reform UK to reach an agreement, to stop the centre-right vote splitting at the next general election. There are even calls for Tory and Reform activists to start working together in the May local elections. Lord Mackinlay - a former Conservative MP who was also deputy leader of Ukip urged the parties to agree a deal to save the "country we all love". He said: "I have said repeatedly that the danger to our country of an ongoing, and heaven forbid, reelected socialist government is so great it is the duty of parties of the right to do what is necessary to stop them.

"The inescapable conclusion is that Conservatives and Reform need to work together to stop the ongoing damage to the country we all love." The peer warned decisions in Westminster can "permanently damage a nation" and pushed for "serious discussions" before the next election.

The calls to avoid splintering the right-wing vote and letting Labour win power again come just days after the Bank of England halved the growth forecast for this year to just 0.75% and warned of a hike in inflation.