A digital counter on the Reform website showed the membership ticking over the 131,680 of the Conservative Party before lunchtime on Boxing Day

Reform UK now has more members than the Conservative Party, its leader Nigel Farage has said. A digital tracker on Reform's website shows its membership numbers have overtaken the 131,680 figure declared by the Conservatives earlier this year.

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has accused Nigel Farage of “fakery” over claims that Reform UK membership has surpassed the Conservatives, making it the second-largest political party in the UK. Ms Badenoch said Reform’s counter was “coded to tick up automatically”,

Nigel Farage has hit back at Kemi Badenoch's claims that the Reform UK's membership ticker is "fake." The Tory leader had taken to social media to accuse Reform of 'manipulating' its members over the counter,