The Great Yarmouth MP said Nigel Farage ‘tends to fall out with’ people whom he deems ‘capable enough to take over from him’

The Metropolitan Police has launched an investigation into suspended Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe, following allegations that he threatened a senior member of the party. Reform reported Lowe to the police last week, alleging that he had made physical threats of violence against the party’s chair Zia Yusuf.

Reform UK says it has suspended MP Rupert Lowe and referred him to police, alleging he made "threats of physical violence" against party chairman Zia Yusuf. In a statement with chief whip Lee Anderson, Yusuf also said the party had received allegations of bullying in Lowe's parliamentary and constituency offices.

I have spoken and written a great deal about the injustice done to Rupert Lowe and damage to Reform by Nigel Farage and Zia Yusuf trumping up complaints against him. The magnitude of both cannot be underestimated.

Nigel Farage and Rupert Lowe became embroiled in a furious war of words on social media as the Reform UK civil war deepened. The Reform leader hit out at the Great Yarmouth MP's "monstrous" claim that the party tried to stop him speaking out on grooming gangs.

Lowe's suspension came after the Daily Mail published an interview with Lowe where he said Reform under Nigel Farage's leadership remained a "protest party led by the Messiah". Reform has removed the whip from Lowe, meaning he now sits as an independent MP.

Reform's former head of communications issued an ominous warning about the party's future two months prior to the bust-up between Nigel Farage and Rupert Lowe. Lowe has been locked in a bitter war of words with Reform's leader ever since the party suspended him last Friday over complaints about his conduct.

A public spat involving the leader of Reform UK Nigel Farage and one of the party's other high-profile MPs has caught the attention of political figures as much as constituents. Great Yarmouth MP Rupert Lowe,

News Corp Europe Correspondent Sophie Elsworth discusses the “fallout” between Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage and MP Rupert Lowe.