Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has announced the party will hold the ‘biggest ever’ political rally in modern British history, as it prepares for elections across the UK.

He has set his sights on going into the May 1 local and mayoral elections with a campaign launch rally at the Arena Birmingham, the venue previously known as the National Indoor Arena.

The event on March 28 will be ‘the biggest ever launch rally in modern British political history’, Reform UK claimed.

Mr Farage is expected to appear alongside candidates hoping to become councillors and regional mayors.

Announcing the rally, Mr Farage today said: ‘Reform has all the momentum in British politics and we are only just getting started.

‘May 1 is our first real test and we are kicking off our campaign with something that’s never been done before. I can’t wait to show you all what we’ve been planning.’

Mr Farage’s announcement comes after a weekend during which the party hosted two regional rallies.

On Friday he made a speech to party members in North West Essex, the constituency of Tory leader Kemi Badenoch.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has announced the ‘biggest ever’ political rally in Birmingham

Mr Farage is planning to use the event to launch the party’s local election campaign

The rally followed a dispute over the Christmas period when Mrs Badenoch claimed Reform’s announcement that it had gained more than 100,000 members was false.

Mr Farage subsequently announced he would target the opposition leader’s seat at the next general election.

The Reform UK leader then appeared at a second rally on Saturday in Houghton-le-Spring near Sunderland, an area where the party hopes it can win seats on Durham County Council.

Many of May’s local elections could be postponed as a result of plans to overhaul the way local government in England works.

The Government wants to abolish two-tier council areas as it seeks to devolve more power from Westminster.

Some 18 councils have written to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government asking to postpone their 2025 elections to allow time to develop proposals on reorganisation, the House of Commons has been told.

It comes after a new mega-poll predicted Labour could lose more MPs to Reform than the Conservatives at the next General Election.

It suggested that Labour would lose many constituencies across their ‘red wall’ as well as seats in Wales and the south of England if an election were held today.

The analysis – seen by The Observer – suggests that Reform would hypothetically bag 76 new seats, 60 of which would be Labour.

The research also anticipated that even the slightest swing in favour of the Reform part could see Starmer’s party lose 76 seats.

A recent poll suggested even the slightest swing in favour of the Reform party could see Starmer’s party lose 76 seats

The poll commissioned by Hope Not Hate campaign group was conducted by Focaldata, who surveyed nearly 18,000 voters.

Their research found that 4,000 would support Reform, with one fifth of those labelling themselves as ‘moderate, interventionist ‘ voters – dissimilar to previous UKIP or Brexit voters.

It found that these voters had a positive outlook on immigration but felt let down by Labour’s ability to come through on their policies.

It comes after another poll showed that Reform UK surged ahead of the Tories and is now just three points behind Labour.

The research by Survation found Nigel Farage’s party were backed by 24 per cent of voters, which was up four percentage points from a survey last month.

The Tories slumped three points to 22 per cent in the latest poll, while Labour were also down three points to 27 per cent.