I won't stand for Reform but I'll be on campaign trail, says Farage in boost for the Tories

NIGEL FARAGE today ruled out standing as a Reform UK candidate in the upcoming general election, but vowed to help the party campaign against the Conservatives.

- Rachael Burford

The party's honorary president said he had "thought long and hard" about whether to stand in the poll on July 4 and it was "not the right time".

Mr Farage threw his support behind Reform leader Richard Tice and the party's only MP Lee Anderson, who joined after being suspended by the Tories in February when he refused to apologise for claiming "Islamists" had "got control" of the Mayor of London.

The party is seeking to attract disillusioned Conservative voters and has been strongly campaigning on issues of immigration and net zero in previous Labour stronghold seats in the North, known as the Red Wall. "I am fully supportive of Richard Tice's leadership and urge voters to put their trust in him and Lee Anderson," Mr Farage said.