Kemi Badenoch has dismissed Reform UK as a "protest party" as Nigel Farage prepares to hold a rally in her constituency.The Conservative leader told broadcasters she was "not at all" worried about Reform's presence in her North West Essex constituency, adding that talking about Labour's farming policy was "much more important than having a rally about myself".

Kemi Badenoch has dismissed Reform UK as a "protest party" as Nigel Farage prepares to hold a rally in her constituency.The Conservative leader told broadcasters she was "not at all" worried about Reform's presence in her North West Essex constituency, adding that talking about Labour's farming policy was "much more important than having a rally about myself".