Nigel Farage heralds ‘historic moment’ as figure surpasses that of Conservatives when Kemi Badenoch took over

Reform UK has said it believes it now has more members than the Conservatives, surpassing 131,000 on Boxing Day.

The party said it had hit the milestone of 131,680, which is the number of members the Conservatives had when Kemi Badenoch won the leadership election in the autumn.