FAMILIES in Rochester and Strood are more spooked by the prospect of an NHS sell-off than Nigel Farage’s immigration prophecies, a Halloween poll for Unite revealed yesterday.
A survey of more than 1,000 voters before the town’s November 20 by-election shows a majority rate quality health services as the most important.
Thirty-seven per cent said it was the most pressing issue compared with 25 per cent who are most concerned about immigration.

Every Starmer boast about removing asylum-seekers probably wins Reform another seat while Labour loses more voters to Lib Dems, Greens and nationalists than to the far right — the disaster facing Labour is the leadership’s fault, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP

The left must avoid shouting ‘racist’ and explain that the socialist alternative would benefit all