After winning control of Kent County Council, Reform have taken action to do…very little.
Their Liberal Democrat colleagues report that of the first 5 committee meetings scheduled in June they have cancelled at least four of them, and the status of the fifth wasn’t clear at the time.
The cancelled meetings:
- Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee
- Planning Applications Committee
- Governance and Audit Committee
- Regulation Committee
Says a Lib Dem councillor:
I thought this administration claimed they wanted to get to work from day one. Funny way to show it: no meetings, no scrutiny, no decisions, no direction. This isn’t Reform. It’s paralysis.
Going forward, the Byline Times notes another couple of cancellations, including some meetings that you are not really allowed to skip:
They include gatherings of legally-required committees such as the Governance and Audit committee which are essential to setting a budget and keeping finances in check.
You would think scrutinising budgets would be exactly the sort of work these DOGE-fans would want to do, but apparently not.
A Labour councillor comments:
…there is a decision free zone within KCC at the moment. They don’t know what they’re doing.
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