Nigel Farage is a political fraud ‘cosplaying’ as working-class champion, TUC chief says

Exclusive: Paul Nowak acknowledges voters' frustrations but says Reform UK hasn't got the answers, and urges Keir Starmer to resist any move to the right

Nigel Farage is a political fraud and hypocrite" who is cosplaying" as a working-class champion in order to win votes at this week's local elections, the UK's most senior union chief has warned.

In a stark rejection of the Reform UK leader's attempts to court the trade unions, Paul Nowak, general secretary of the TUC, said there were massive contradictions" in Farage's positions on issues ranging from workers' rights, the economy, industry and Brexit.