Labour is building a "secret anti-Reform database" in a bid to undermine a surging Nigel Farage-led Reform UK, according to a new report.
Downing Street-aligned think tank Labour Together is plotting to turn the party against Reform rather than Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives, The Sun reports.
It follows a week where Reform has polled higher than the Tories in every single national survey - with some placing Nigel Farage's party in standalone first place.
With Reform apparently edging closer to its goal of representing the "real opposition" while Sir Keir Starmer sits in No10, Labour Together will work with Downing Street to launch attacks on Farage's party.
Downing Street-aligned think tank Labour Together is plotting to turn the party against Reform
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The think tank's CEO Jonathan Ashworth - who lost his seat to a pro-Gaza independent at the General Election last summer - is said to be leading the charge.
He said: "Nigel Farage screeches like a banshee when put under scrutiny. 2025 is the year when we shine the torch on him.
"He's called for charges in the NHS - and our polling at Labour Together shows this to be his Achilles Heel.
"While the Tories continue to slump, Labour Together is turning its firepower to helping Labour candidates take on and ultimately defeat Reform."
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PAThe think tank is also reported to be building a "secret anti-Reform database" tracking everything the party does to help them work out the best strategy - while Health Secretary Wes Streeting has already directly lashed out at the party.
He told a Fabian Society conference last week: "I can't think of a more potent antidote to Farage's miserabilism than proving the cynics wrong and getting the NHS delivering world class care.
"We can defeat Farage by turning around the NHS.
"The populist right are coming for us. We need to be serious about beating them."
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PASo far, Farage has been dismissive - after Streeting's remarks, he said: "If the Labour Party want to give me free publicity, I look forward to it with relish."
And today, he and Reform's top brass headed to traditional Labour heartlands in the North East to lay down the gauntlet.
Addressing a packed venue in Houghton-le-Spring, near Sunderland, Farage welcomed two more Conservative defectors to his party.
Joe Quinn and Cathy Hunt were former Durham County Council Tories, and take Reform's numbers in the authority up to three.
