Reform UK has received a welcome boost to spirits this morning, as the party begins its triumphant post-election conference.

Arriving in Birmingham this morning, delegates will be buoyed by a new poll from Techne UK, which finds that Reform has once again gained a big jump in support, and is closing in on the Tories.

According to Techne, 33% would now vote Labour, down two since the election but down a whopping seven since Techne’s last poll the day before the election.

The Tories are down three points, to just 21% in the polls, a perilous position as they continue debating who should replace Rishi Sunak.

Reform, however, are the only winners, up 3 points since the election to 18%.

This means they are now on the verge of becoming the second most popular party in Britain, just three points behind the Conservatives.

Meanwhile the LibDems and Green Party remain unchanged, on 13% and 7% respectively.

The poll comes just hours before the great and good of Reform UK take to the stage of the Birmingham NEC and set out their roadmap to winning the next general election.

Among the speakers will be all five of the party’s MPs – including Richard Tice, Rupert Lowe, Lee Anderson and James McMurdoch – Ann Widdecombe, TV star Ant Middleton and party chairman Zia Yusuf.

Nigel Farage will conclude proceedings at 4pm, where he will “share his powerful vision for the country’s future”.

Speaking earlier this week, rising star Zia Yusuf insisted Nigel Farage can be Britain’s next Prime Minister, predicting that millions of people who supported Labour in July will switch to Reform UK – and not back to the Tories.

He told The Times: “A poll a few weeks ago found that one in four Labour supporters [at the last election] are already either considering or seriously considering voting for Reform.”

“Labour got 9.7 million votes [at the last election]. So one in four is actually two, almost two and a half million. That’s half the number of votes we need to have Nigel to be the next prime minister.”

“We have a prime minister who is so uninspiring. Essentially, his message is that things can only get worse. He has not done a single thing since taking office to make the country better.

“He has alienated huge swathes of even his own supporters, let alone opposing ones. There’s a huge amount of potential there for us.”

Other speeches will see deputy leader Richard Tice slam Net Zero and blast Ed Miliband as a “zealot in chief of [the Net Zero] cult”.

Lee Anderson, the party’s Chief Whip, will talk about the need to get our country back, and highlight what makes the UK what it is.

James McMurdock will talk about his journey from being a “hard working Essex lad into being Reform’s most unexpected MP”, overturning Labour’s 19,000 majority as a paper candidate in July.

Rupert Lowe will make a call for a return to a smaller state and demand a reset of the British constitution.