According to Reform UK’s live membership tracker, there were almost 153,000 members at the time of writing. According to the Guardian, approximately 2.8 million people were registered with the Conservative Party and one million to the Labour Party in the 1950s.

Nigel Farage’s party, Reform UK, claimed this morning that it had surpassed 131,680 members. According to “Britain’s fastest growing political party”, that means it has more members than the Conservatives.

Reform UK and Nigel Farage have been involved in a series of furious exchanges online with Tory leader Kemi Badenoch.

Elon Musk has weighed in on the row between the Tory leader and Nigel Farage over a tweet in which she claimed Reform UK had faked its membership numbers.

LONDON – Membership for the populist Reform UK party has surpassed that of the Conservatives, according to the party led by Mr Nigel Farage.

Nigel Farage has said he is considering taking legal action against Kemi Badenoch, as he demanded an apology from the Conservative leader for accusing him of faking Reform UK’s membership numbers. “I’m not going to take it lying down.

Reform leader Nigel Farage has threatened legal action against Kemi Badenoch after she claimed Reform’s membership figures were faked. Conservative leader Ms Badenoch on Thursday accused Mr Farage of "fakery" after his party claimed they had surpassed the Tories in signed-up members.

Nigel Farage's Reform UK hits a huge milestone as the party's membership has soared to 150,000, making another giant leap towards breaking Britain’s two-party political system. The populist party, which is setting its sights on sending Farage to No10 in 2029,

Nigel Farage has urged Kemi Badenoch to apologise or face "action" after she accused Reform UK of "fakery" over its membership numbers. The Reform UK leader will spend the weekend weighing up what action to take if Conservative leader Mrs Badenoch ignores his calls for an apology over the "crazy conspiracy theory".