#Councillor

Five months is a long time in politics. After May’s local elections, Nigel Farage was being considered as the next prime minister, but after a recent collapse in the national polls, holes in the party have also opened at a local level with the loss of…

George Madgwick has been bailed to appear at Portsmouth Magistrates Court on 25 November

Benedict Ong, who has pledged to resign as a councillor if not elected to Parliament as an independent MP, has been slapped with a nine-month suspension from some council duties.

From Independent RSS Feed: New Reform councillor sparks racism storm with comments about ‘non white persons’ in public park

A Reform UK councillor proposed monitoring UFOs above an airport due to reopen in Yorkshire. Thorne and Moorends Ward councillor Kieran Lay suggested to a City of Doncaster Council meeting that a "Doncaster UAP Overview and Safety Committee or panel"…

From Independent RSS Feed: Reform UK councillor accused of making racist posts resigns days after being elected

This is the moment a Reform UK councillor forgot which party he represented after his election in Peterborough. Speaking following his win as a councillor in Stanground South on Friday (8 May), Peter Reeve told press: “Our message is: ‘UKIP’s here,…

As Nigel Farage heralds a year of growth in councillors since last May’s local elections, the party can’t ignore its challenge in keeping them, with almost 70 lost. Alex Ross speaks to some of those who have left the party and asks why

As Nigel Farage heralds a year of growth in councillors since last May’s local elections, the party can’t also ignore its challenge in keeping them, with almost 70 lost. Alex Ross speaks to some of those who have left the party and asks why

The Dubliner, aged in his 60s, has been described in court by a judge as the patriarchal figurehead of the Hutch criminal organisation