Reform UK has ended the Conservatives' 20-year reign at Suffolk County Council after taking control with a large majority of seats. The party, led nationally by Nigel Farage, won 41 seats as all 70 were up for grabs. Elsewhere, the Green Party secured 13 seats, the Tories won nine, Labour won three, and the Liberal Democrats and the Independents each took two. Chris Hudson, Reform's group leader in Suffolk, retained his seat in the Brook ward and told the BBC it had been a "very optimistic day" for the party. Labour remains in control at Ipswich Borough Council, despite losses. "It's a very, very encouraging result for Reform up and down the country," he said. "There is a lot of work to do, because there isn't a lot of money, but we look forward to working hard to represent the people – the people are the masters." When quizzed on whether he thought he would become the next leader of the council, he confidently said: "Yes, because we need a man with a plan." If he does take the top spot, he will be replacing the authority's last leader, Conservative Matthew Hicks, who was re-elected in the Thredling division, but has seen colleagues voted out. Before people went to the ballot boxes
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Councillors at Kent County Council are to vote on whether to recite the Lord's Prayer and sing the national anthem at its meetings. A committee at the Reform UK-led council voted to put the rule changes up for a decision by the full…
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Councillors at Kent County Council are to vote on whether to recite the Lord's Prayer and sing the national anthem at its meetings. A committee at the Reform UK-led council voted to put the rule changes up for a…
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Read original at The Guardian →Reform UK has taken control of Sandwell and Walsall councils in a historic win for the party and a disastrous 24 hours for Labour. Nigel Farage's party won 37 seats in Sandwell, ending Labour's 47-year reign at the…
Read original at BBC →Leader of Green party in England and Wales celebrates his party’s first ever elected mayor, and winning four councils outright Full results from England, Scotland and Wales Zack Polanski has declared Britain’s two-party…
Read original at The Guardian →Reform UK has seen major gains across Greater Manchester in the local council elections, while the Liberal Democrats have won control of Stockport and the Green Party made huge gains in Manchester. Labour lost its…
Read original at BBC →Reform UK has ended the Conservatives' 20-year reign at Suffolk County Council after taking control with a large majority of seats. The party, led nationally by Nigel Farage, won 41 seats as all 70 were up for grabs.…
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Councillors at Kent County Council are to vote on whether to recite the Lord's Prayer and sing the national anthem at its meetings. A committee at the Reform UK-led council voted to put the rule changes up for a decision by the full…
View source →Reformâs deputy leader, Richard Tice, seeks to present issue as irrelevant in interview with Laura Kuenssberg Labour has accused Nigel Farage of attempting to dodge scrutiny as the Reform leader continued to face questions over the £5m…
View source →Reform UK has taken control of Sandwell and Walsall councils in a historic win for the party and a disastrous 24 hours for Labour. Nigel Farage's party won 37 seats in Sandwell, ending Labour's 47-year reign at the authority. In Walsall,…
View source →Leader of Green party in England and Wales celebrates his party’s first ever elected mayor, and winning four councils outright Full results from England, Scotland and Wales Zack Polanski has declared Britain’s two-party politics “dead and…
View source →Reform UK has seen major gains across Greater Manchester in the local council elections, while the Liberal Democrats have won control of Stockport and the Green Party made huge gains in Manchester. Labour lost its decades-long majority in…
View source →Reform UK has ended the Conservatives' 20-year reign at Suffolk County Council after taking control with a large majority of seats. The party, led nationally by Nigel Farage, won 41 seats as all 70 were up for grabs. Elsewhere, the Green…
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