Richard Tice has given millions to keep Reform afloat - why?

Reform UK is a private company owned by Nigel Farage. But leader Tice has ploughed more than £2m in cash and interest-free loans into the populist right party

Reform UK has had a lot of air time over the past few days - some might say too much given that the party won just two council seats and came third in the Blackpool South by-election, albeit just 117 voters behind the Conservatives.

Richard Tice, Reform’s leader, has certainly been bullish, declaring that his party is becoming “the real opposition” to La…