The choice facing Labour in face of real Reform UK threat – and it cou

Reform UK’s victory lap came to Westminster on Tuesday.

Sarah Pochin, Reform UK’s first female MP, was grinning from ear to ear when she appeared for a photocall outside parliament, flanked by Nigel Farage and Lee Anderson, just before being sworn in.

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The six votes that took her over the line at the Runcorn and Helsby by-election was the omen of things to come on Friday morning. It’s no exaggeration to say British politics may never be the same again.

Up and down the country, Farage’s party is now settling into power at a local level. Before the local election results, the Reform leader told Beth Rigby the party’s biggest risk was succeeding and not delivering.

I asked Dame Andrea Jenkyns, as she was sworn in as Reform’s new mayor for Greater Lincolnshire, if she is ready for the responsibility, and she told me: “I’m going to exceed expectations.”

She talks a lot about saving money – has she worked out how much?

“It’s my first day in the job, I’ll know in a few weeks once I’ve seen the figures,” she said.

How will Labour respond?

Reform UK may be grappling with exactly how…