Outside the system
Category: Local Government
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Reform’s First 100 Days in Norfolk: ‘Flag Fights, Resignations, Broken Promises’
A newly-elected Labour councillor charts 100 days of a Reform-run county council – scrapped funds, a resigned chief executive, a lost by-election, and not much sign of the ‘laser focus on value for money’
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Wine, Vapes And ‘Woke Mental Health’ Jibes: Leaked Emails Expose Reform Council Meltdown
Exclusive: Leaked messages from Durham County Council’s Reform administration reveal in-fighting, resignations and a leadership accused of belittling mental health issues
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Police Admit Error After Failing to Seize Phone of Reform Councillor Arrested Over Stalking Claims
Essex police privately accepts device should have been taken from Reform Cllr Sam Journet rather than handed to a political ally
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Reform-Run Council Cuts Opposition Time to ‘Make Way’ for Lord’s Prayer and National Anthem
Christian Nationalism in action: “prayers and songs prioritised over a water catastrophe” claim opposition councillors
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The More Than 30 Scandal-Hit Reform Candidates Elected Last Week
Voters last Thursday returned dozens of Reform councillors who have variously pushed Islamophobia, antisemitic conspiracy theories, Covid denial and praise for Tommy Robinson and Enoch Powell
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‘Andy Burnham’s Return to Westminster Would Be About National Resilience’
The media psychodrama about Burnham’s potential return to Parliament misses a far more serious point, argues Labour MP Clive Lewis
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Reform UK Candidate Accused of Mocking Disabled Residents as ‘Benefit Scroungers’ and ‘Skanks’
Harry Phillips, who is standing for Nigel Farage’s party in Surrey, allegedly described a constituent and his wife as ‘ponces of society’ in leaked messages seen by Byline Times
