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Chief executive defies leader's flag order
01/07/2025 Warwickshire CC's chief executive has refused a request from the 18-year-old Reform UK leader of her council to remove a Pride flag from County Hall. |
Teenage Reform leader says he should be judged on his record
30/06/2025 Eighteen-year-old Reform UK council leader assures residents his ‘track record is pretty good.’ |
Reform UK’s ‘Doge’ witch-hunts will achieve little
27/06/2025 With council workers under threat, Mike Short, head of local government at UNISON, questions the value of Nigel Farage's unwanted audits |
Legal warning over Reform's pension plans
26/06/2025 A legal expert has warned Reform UK councils will not be able to slash local authority pensions. |
Reform council leader resigns leaving teenager in charge
26/06/2025 A Reform UK councillor has stepped down from his role as Warwickshire County Council leader due to health challenges, leaving 18-year-old deputy in charge. |
Lancashire councils urged to collaborate
23/06/2025 The Government has urged Lancashire's 15 main councils to work together to agree a plan for local government reorganisation. |
Union gains influx of members from Reform-run councils
20/06/2025 Membership rates for Unison trade union have increased by 205% across Reform-run councils. |
Reform county seeks referendum on mayor
20/06/2025 Lancashire has approached the Government to ask for a referendum on adopting a mayor. |
Reform UK-led council to undertake ‘efficiency review’
16/06/2025 Nottinghamshire County Council, which is led by Reform UK, is set to carry out an ‘efficiency review’ in an attempt to find savings. |
Reform councils try to get ahead of DOGE reviews
12/06/2025 Two Reform-led councils have started DOGE-style efficiency reviews ahead of a visit from the party's national team tasked with scrutinising finances. |
Yusuf returns to Reform UK to lead DOGE team
09/06/2025 Former chairman of Reform UK, Zia Yusuf, has announced he is returning to the party to run its DOGE team shortly after quitting. |
Head of Reform UK’s DOGE-style team quits
06/06/2025 The head of Reform UK’s team tasked with scrutinising council finances has stepped down alongside the party’s chairman, Zia Yusuf. |
Reform UK launches DOGE teams to investigate council finances
02/06/2025 A new DOGE-style team of auditors, led by a UK ‘tech entrepreneur’, will be tasked with reviewing the finances of Reform UK-controlled councils, party chair Zia Yusuf has announced. |
Reform UK: What Britain’s fastest rising party stands for
29/05/2025 Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is gaining greater political influence and visibility in local government. But what does the party stand for? |
Is immigration making the UK an ‘island of strangers’?
28/05/2025 LocalGov editor William Eichler spoke to Belong CEO Kelly Fowler to discuss immigration, social cohesion, and whether the UK was an ‘island of strangers’. |
Farage declares the two-child benefit cap must end
28/05/2025 Nigel Farage has announced his intentions to abandon the two-child benefit cap, resulting in over £3bn of new spending. |
Legal threats to Reform ambitions
21/05/2025 Reform UK's ambitions to shake up local government could be stymied by legal hurdles, an expert warned this week. |
