Exclusive: Wes Streeting Says Reform UK Is 'Now Labour's Main Opposition'

Wes Streeting and Nigel Farage

Wes Streeting has said that Reform UK is “now Labour’s main opposition”.

The health secretary is the first senior government figure to claim Nigel Farage’s party has now supplanted the Tories, despite having only five MPs.

Streeting said Reform should not be “underestimated” by Labour – but insisted the right-wing party’s rise had not prompted the government’s immigration crackdown.

Reform UK won more than 600 council seats in England, as...