Reform UK has brought prominent former Brexit Party MEPs back into the party and announced that it will stand hundreds of candidates in the next general election.
On Monday, Reform UK’s current leader Richard Tice told a conference, under a new “Make Britain Great” slogan, that 11 former Brexit Party MEPs, or members of the European Parliament, including Ann Widdecombe and Ben Habib are rejoining the party.
Originally founded by Nigel Farage and formerly called the Brexit Party, Reform UK is setting itself up as an alternative to the Conservative Party, and mobilising a post-Brexit policy agenda.
Tice said that the party will stand 500 candidates in the local elections and that it is planning to stand 630 candidates in the next general election, which must take place by early 2025….