Nathaniel Fried, head of Reform’s DOGE unit, quits
Nathaniel Fried, head of Reform's DOGE unit, quits
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Reform party chairman Zia Yusuf quits, saying its no longer a good use of his time
Reform party chairman Zia Yusuf has resigned. Amongst other responsibilities, his role was to “professionalise” the party – surely a thankless task – and to run Reform’s DOGE (the doesn’t-really-exist “department” of government efficiency, another idea Reform stole from Musk…
Reform MP asks Starmer to ban the burqa. Reform chairman says that was dumb.
Sarah Pochin, Reform’s newest MP used up her first question during Prime Minister’s Questions in order to, out of the blue, ask whether Keir Starmer would ban the burqa. The burqa is an outer garment worn by some Muslim women…
Reform councillor who missed nearly half her meetings due to ill health believes that people that miss meetings due to ill health should resign
Seemingly contrary to her workshy counterparts in Kent and Nottinghamshire, Reform councillor Jo Monk seems to believe that failing to turn up to council meetings because you’re ill is a bad enough sin that you should probably resign. In a…
Reform bans new employees from joining the council pension scheme; will punish those who already have
Richard Tice of Reform has mandated that anyone who starts employment at any Reform-controlled council going forward will not be allowed to join the Local Government Pension Scheme. It’s hard to retrospectively remove the entitlement from those who already work…
Reform councillor claims that some children are just evil
Local councils have some responsibility for children who have to be taken into care. Any that end up under the governance of Councillor Andy Osborn, of the Roman Bank and Peckover ward, should be particularly pitied. Councillor Andy Osborn (Reform…
A ‘shambolic start’ for Nottinghamshire County Council as Reform cancel key meetings
The Refom-controlled Nottinghamshire County Council seems to be taking a leaf out of Kent Council’s book by unilaterally cancelling a wide variety of the planned meetings for June including Cabinet, Overview and Scrutiny Committee, Planning and Rights of Way Committee,…
Tice’s claim that this Labour government allowed the biggest influx of migrants into the UK ever is a lie
The deputy leader of Reform, Richard Tice, recently claimed in at least one national newspaper that: ..the statistics show without a doubt that this Labour government has allowed the biggest influx of migrants in British history A fact-checking organisation. Full…
Reform councillor Adam Smith is suspended after less than a month
It took less than a month for Adam Smith, one of Reform’s councillors for West Northamptonshire, to get himself suspended. Reform are being a bit vague about why, saying only that: Following a number of concerns regarding the conduct of…
Refom appoint a cabinet member for ‘efficiency’ to Kent Council at a cost of over £50,000
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,…