Farage’s Reform party sees conference as ‘next step’ to UK government

By Elizabeth Piper and Andrew MacAskill

LONDON (Reuters) -Nigel Farage’s populist Reform UK kicks off a conference on Friday the Brexit veteran hopes will underline the growing popularity and sway of a party enjoying a double-digit poll lead over the Labour government.

The two-day, sold-out conference in the English city of Birmingham, headlined “The Next Step”, will see more than 10,000 attendees take part in an event Farage says shows Reform is “on the march, and the sky is the limit for this movement”, ready to take power at an election due in 2029.

Despite having only four lawmakers in the 650-strong British parliament, Farage is becoming increasingly confident that a party that was on the fringes for three years until last year can beat both Labour and the Conservatives, taking the