Warwickshire Reform's George Finch optimistic on no-confidence vote chances

A Reform UK council leader says he believes he can survive a vote of no confidence after being accused of bringing the authority "into disrepute". Warwickshire County Council leader George Finch, who was appointed last summer at 19, said his skills were often "underestimated", adding "you cannot use my age to dismiss what I'm doing - we're doing a good job". Green Party councillors called for a vote on Finch's position at the next full council meeting on 17 March, suggesting he had "abused the office of leader". Finch said his party would go into the vote "with a strong notion that I am the man for the job," describing the vote as a "cheap political stunt from the Greens". The council leader denied he had made mistakes during his tenure, describing the Green Party group leader Jonathan Chilvers as having "no experience of leading a council, so he doesn't understand the pressure of the job". He also defended describing his management style as a "boots on neck-type" method to get things done, although added "maybe the terminology used could have been different". The remarks were made to a political podcast, prompting concerns over staff morale at the authority. "I still agree with th

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