Nigel Farage is due to hold a press conference at 11am when he will warn of the worsening migrant crisis with small boat crossings up 42% on this time last year and 2025 on pace to be a record year. The Reform UK leader is in Dover where most of the illegal boats arrive after making the perilous journey across the Channel.

Mr Farage will also press his party's claims at next week's crunch local elections where Reform UK are expected to make massive gains at the expense of the Tory party. He has also ruled out any pact with Kemi Badenoch's Conservative's.