A former street preacher and charity founder has launched his election campaign for the Reform UK party in the by-election in Blackpool.Father-of-four Mark Butcher, 55, was accompanied by Lee Anderson, who defected to Reform UK from the Conservative Party earlier this month, for the party's launch in the Blackpool South constituency.

A former street preacher and charity founder has launched his election campaign for the Reform UK party in the by-election in Blackpool.Father-of-four Mark Butcher, 55, was accompanied by Lee Anderson, who defected to Reform UK from the Conservative Party earlier this month, for the party's launch in the Blackpool South constituency.