# Conservatives widen lead over Reform as Badenoch gains support for tax plans

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/kemi-badenoch-storms-to-an-eight-point-poll-lead-over-nigel-farage-as-voters-back-her-tax-cutting-policies/
- Published: 2026-11-07T21:41:20+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-07T21:47:20+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16274869/Kemi-Badenoch-poll-lead-Nigel-Farage.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Elections, Politics, World

## Key points

- Conservatives lead Reform UK by eight points in a Lord Ashcroft poll.
- Labour remains ahead on 31 per cent.
- Badenoch’s performances and tax proposals were cited positively.

## Summary

A Lord Ashcroft poll puts the Conservatives eight points ahead of Reform UK, strengthening Kemi Badenoch’s position as she seeks to lead the opposition to Labour. The result may encourage Tory strategists, though Labour remains in front.

Labour polled at 31 per cent, the Conservatives at 26 per cent and Reform at 18 per cent, widening the Conservatives’ lead over Reform from three points in a month. The article says voters cited Badenoch’s public performances and her proposed inheritance tax cut positively. Nigel Farage questioned the poll’s accuracy, while the article also reports a separate dispute over Labour’s EU “reset” and Remembrance Sunday.

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