Nigel Farage takes a leaf out of Elon Musk’s book with latest Reform move

Nigel Farage announced that Reform will start its own ‘DOGE unit’ as he took aim at the Labour government and the Conservatives.

Farage launched an attack against Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer today, calling the government ‘very low-grade.’

The Reform leader said the party has ‘a lot to do now that we are in office’ after winning its fifth parliamentary seat in the Runcorn by-election. 

He announced the party will set up ‘our DOGE unit’ – a direct rip-off of the US Department of Government Efficiency, led previously by Elon Musk and tasked with focusing on cutting government spending.

Farage also said his party will support lifting the two-child benefit cap, saying it was ‘not because we support benefits culture,’ but because ‘it is the right thing to do.’

However, he said lifting the cap is not ‘a silver bullet,’ but it ‘helps them.’

He later said the move is ‘aimed at British families’ as he spoke about his party’s focus on ‘family, community and country.’

Farage also said he believes that ‘having a transferable tax allowance between married people is the right thing to do’ after pledging changes to the Married Couples Allowance.

The Brexiteer has accused Sir Keir of ‘betrayal’ over the UK-EU reset deal as he pitched Reform as the new party of the working people.

Farage said the Prime Minister ‘doesn’t know what it’s like to get up at 5am in the morning to go to work’ before referring to his own ‘survival’ in the I’m a Celebrity reality show.

It comes after a YouGov poll last week said Reform UK could win a General Election tomorrow if one was held now.

However, a new YouGov poll today said 44% of Britons said Starmer makes a better Prime Minister compared to 29% preferring Farage.

Ed Davey emerged as the second choice for Britons, with 41% of people saying they think he would make a better Prime Minister compared to 27% for Farage.

Sir Keir has come under fire from the opposition after the landmark UK-EU reset deal last week, which announced changes to fishing, reducing trade red tape and more e-gate access to British travellers.

The Prime Minister then announced a U-turn on winter fuel payments to pensioners in a bid to woo back disgruntled voters.

In a surprise move, Sir Keir announced at the Prime Minister’s Questions that more people could get winter fuel money – less than a year after the government slashed the numbers by making the benefit means-tested.

The right-wing populist party spearheaded by Farage has been making gains in some Labour and Conservative strongholds after a by-election and mayoral races..

Reform won the parliamentary seat of Runcorn and Helsby, giving the party its fifth MP as Sarah Pochin took the Cheshire constituency in one of the closest races in UK election history.

‘A vote for Reform can no longer be ridiculed as a protest vote by other parties,’ Pochin said today at the Reform press conference.

She continued: ‘The Tories are finished and we are coming for Labour, and they know it and they are rattled.’

The party took control of several councils, including Kent, Derbyshire, Durham and Nottinghamshire.

Wes Streeting has likened the threat of Reform and Tories to Labour to the Alien Vs Predator film’s battle of the evil.

The Health Secretary said: ‘Like Alien Vs Predator, you don’t really want either one to win but one of them will emerge as the main challenger to Labour at the next general election.’

Sir Keir was criticised after his remarks on immigration ahead of a new government white paper.

Instead of speaking about the benefits of migration, he argued that the system is ‘contributing to the forces that are slowly pulling our country apart,’ which critics said ‘parroted Reform’s scapegoating.’

Despite its controversial stances on immigration, Reform appears to have lifted its profile in the world of online dating.

A study by Southampton and Harvard Universities found that people dating online are more open to Reform supporters than Conservatives.

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