We lead today’s edition of The i Paper with worrying news for the Prime Minister.

Reform has extended its lead over Labour at the top of UK opinion polls. The gap over the governing party is now 15 points, a record high.

Even though a general election is probably four years away, Labour MPs and Cabinet ministers are growing anxious. They can see that the Government’s policy and rhetoric on asylum seekers (and on the economy) is not cutting through.

They fear going the same way as their predecessors, the Tories, who failed to persuade the electorate. Kemi Badenoch can take little comfort from today’s damning assessment of her leadership, with the Conservatives drifting backwards.

Some voters resent news coverage of Reform and Nigel Farage . Even negative reporting, the argume

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