Nigel Farage’s right-wing populist party snatched a critical parliamentary seat from the governing Labour Party.

Britain’s populist, anti-immigration party Reform UK has beaten Labour by a tiny margin in a by-election, dealing the government a mid-term setback and ruffling the country’s historically resilient two-party hegemony.

MPs and Labour officials admit they need to do a better job explaining to voters how the Government is actually making a difference in their lives