PMQs: Nigel Farage says Labour ‘panicking’ amid battles with Starmer on Chagos, NHS

Nigel Farage has said Labour is “panicking” as his party, Reform UK, continues to rise in the opinion polls.

Speaking at prime minister’s questions on Wednesday afternoon, Farage began by responding to an earlier question from Labour MP John Slinger.

Slinger had claimed Reform plans to introduce an insurance-based system for using the NHS.

The Reform leader said: “I can assure [him] that Reform want healthcare to be free at the point of delivery”.

After facing a series of heckles from Labour MPs, Farage went on to ask whether the PM thought it was right the winter fuel allowance is being cut while the government has reportedly agreed a multi-billion pound deal with Mauritius over the Chagos Islands.

Keir Starmer responded: “He talks of panic, the only panic is people using the NHS who know that under his policy he wants to charge them for using the NHS.

“What he should say to the people of Clacton – when he finally finds Clacton – is that they should vote Labour because we are stabilising the economy.”

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