Election diary: Nigel Farage to launch Reform manifesto

Amy Gibbons

17 June 2024 at 2:13 am·1-min read

Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, will seek to position his party as the opposition-in-waiting - STEVE FINN

Nigel Farage will take the fight to Labour in Wales on Monday as he launches Reform UK’s manifesto – or “contract” with the British people.

Follow The Telegraph live blog as Reform announce their manifesto

The Reform leader will seek to position his party as the opposition-in-waiting by claiming voters have been let down by the Labour-led Welsh Government, which the “feeble” Tories have failed to hold to account.

Meanwhile, Rishi Sunak is returning to the campaign trail after a brief hiatus to attend the G7 in Italy, followed on Saturday by Trooping the Colour and a major international summit on Ukraine in Switzerland.

Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves will fire the starting gun on a week campaigning on the economy with a visit to the South East, where they will take questions from the media.

Sir Ed Davey, the Lib Dem leader, will be out in Devon and Somerset, while the party’s Scottish branch will be launching its manifesto north of the border, with Alex Cole-Hamilton, the leader, and Wendy Chamberlain, deputy leader.

To kick things off, Grant Shapps, the Defence Secretary, and Jonathan Ashworth, the shadow paymaster general, are batting for their respective parties on the morning round.

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