In between cancelling statutorily required meetings, Reform has appointed an extra cabinet member in place as part of the DO(L)GE effort to find unspecified “efficiencies” and cut costs.
So far the main result appears to have been to increase costs, given that as well as the extra £17,123 allowance they are paying them another “special responsibility allowance” of around £37,000.
So at the moment, they’ve increased spending on cabinet members, not decreased it. The person who’s supposed to make things more efficient is actually making it cost more
reports a Labour colleague.