Dan Peters 09 February 2026

Reform UK budget defeated

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Warwickshire County Council © chrisdorney / Shutterstock.com.

A budget proposing a 3.89% council tax increase by Warwickshire CC's minority Reform UK administration has been defeated by rival parties.

The council's executive director for resources, Rob Powell, had warned that failing to increase council tax by the maximum 5% allowed without a referendum would take £26m out of the budget over five years.

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To learn more about Reform UK, check out: Reform UK: What Britain’s fastest rising party stands for and Reform UK’s ‘Doge’ witch-hunts will achieve little.

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