Prominent ex-Tory figures have flocked to Reform.

Reform UK and the Tories have insisted they have no plans for an agreement or merger ahead of the next election.

Reform donors told the Financial Times that Nigel Farage expects his party to join with or make a deal with the Tories.

A deal would eliminate the rival party on the political right and boost Reform’s chances in the polls, the paper said.

One of those who spoke to the FT said Mr Farage had described such an agreement as “inevitable” but that it would take some time because he was wary over making a pact between the two.

But a Reform UK source insisted the report was not true, and pointed to Mr Farage’s own words in the FT.

“Sometimes people hear what they want to. After next May the Conservatives will no longer be a nationa

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