10 h. ago Dear Britain, do you worry that Team Farage is just a hot mess in power? Or is everyone too angry to care | Marina Hyde

Footage of Reform councillors fighting is further proof that uselessness abounds, but that’s almost moot. To voters they are very useful idiots “I’m meant to be on bloody holiday this week, Paul! I don’t want to be having this meeting!” There is much to enjoy about the patriotic revolution in government promised by the leaked footage obtained by the Guardian of the Reform UK group of councillors running Kent county council. Take council leader Linden Kemkaran speaking for all free speech absolutists when she declares: “Paul! Paul! I’m going to mute you in a minute!” Or consider her repeatedly stated vision of the imperfections of representative democracy: “You’re just going to have to fucking suck it up, OK?”Even so I think the standout bit is when Kemkaran, who acknowledged Kent’s “flagship” status for the party and its leader Nigel Farage, says: “If we can avoid putting up council tax by the full 5%, that is going to be the best thing that we can do to show that Reform can run som...

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10 h. ago Labour MPs call for Reform council leader to resign over ‘chaos’ and suspensions

Seven MPs have written to Nigel Farage after a video leaked to The Guardian showed Kent County Council leader ‘berating’ Reform councillors.

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10 h. ago Voices: ‘Couldn’t run a bath, let alone a council’: Readers slam Reform after Kent council chaos

Our community say the turmoil engulfing Reform’s Kent County Council – where four councillors were suspended after a leaked video of leader Linden Kemkaran berating colleagues – offers a stark preview of the chaos a Nigel Farage-led government could bring to Westminster

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36 h. ago Four Reform UK councillors suspended after leaked video shows chaotic council meeting

It comes after video footage of a Kent County Council meeting was leaked over the weekend

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36 h. ago Four Reform councillors suspended in Farage's flagship Kent council after online meeting bust

‘Reform's meetings are starting to sound more like an episode of The Traitors than the running of a major council,’ said a Lib Dem spokesman

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37 h. ago Reform suspends four Kent councillors after Guardian publishes leaked video of fierce infighting

Members of Reform’s flagship county council will be investigated after ‘evidence that they brought the party into disrepute’Reform UK has suspended four councillors on its flagship county council after a leaked video showing bitter divisions in their ranks.Councillors on Kent county council were seen in the footage, first published by the Guardian, complaining about “backbiting” and being ignored by their leader, Linden Kemkaran, who told them to “fucking suck it up” if they did not agree with decisions made by her. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago Four Reform councillors suspended after footage of tense meeting leaked

Linden Kemkaran told members that KCC is a ‘shop window’ to show the country that Reform can govern well.

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38 h. ago Four Reform UK councillors suspended after leaked video of chaotic council meeting

It comes after a video was leaked of a chaotic Kent council meeting over the weekend

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42 h. ago Don’t cut London’s affordable housing quotas, Labour MPs urge ministers and mayor

Don’t cut London’s affordable housing quotas, Labour MPs urge ministers and mayor  The Guardian

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54 h. ago Reform council leader says she has launched hunt for ‘cowards’ behind leaked video

Linden Kemkaran told fellow Kent councillors those who disagreed with decisions would have to ‘suck it up’Leaked video exposes bitter infighting at Reform UK’s flagship Kent councilThe leader of Reform UK’s flagship local authority has told her fellow councillors that she launched a hunt for the “cowards” who leaked a recorded meeting in which she said those who disagreed with decisions would have to “fucking suck it up”.Bitter divisions among Reform members of Kent county council, one of 10 controlled outright by Nigel Farage’s party, were laid bare at the weekend by the Guardian in a leaked video of a chaotic internal meeting. Continue reading...

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61 h. ago SNP accused of 'kettling' asylum seekers into Glasgow's poorest areas

Several Scottish Labour MPs have criticised the SNP Scottish Government’s approach in recent days.

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3 d. ago ‘Suck it up’: leaked video exposes bitter infighting at Reform UK’s flagship Kent council

Exclusive: Footage reveals Kent leader berating councillors amid rows over budgets and bullying claimsBitter divisions in Reform UK’s flagship county council have been laid bare in a leaked video of a chaotic internal meeting where members were told to “fucking suck it up” if they did not agree with decisions.Councillors can be seen complaining about “backbiting” and being ignored by their leader, Linden Kemkaran, who tells them they will be “screwed” and that Reform can forget about winning the general election if they don’t balance Kent’s budget. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Rachel Reeves warns Labour MPs she's ready for a fresh battle over welfare

The Chancellor told her party they 'can't leave welfare untouched', adding: 'We can't get to the end of this Parliamentary session and I've done nothing, basically.'

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4 d. ago The byelection that could reveal Reform and Labour’s political future

When voters in Caerphilly go to the polls later this month, it will be about far more than one seat in the Senedd

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5 d. ago The Guardian view on UK national security: a case of state failure | Editorial

This week’s partisan blame game is the wrong response to the collapse of the alleged Chinese spying case. The failure of governance runs deeperThe China spying row has revealed disturbing weaknesses in the processes of the UK state. It cannot be in the national interest for a case involving national security to get so close to the courts and then for it to be abandoned in what remain mysterious circumstances. Public confidence, as well as security itself, are inevitably placed at risk. But this genuinely important issue now risks being blanketed by the fog of the party-political battle at Westminster.For the third time this week, MPs spent Thursday trading accusations about whether the Conservatives or Labour are more to blame for the fiasco of last month’s collapsed prosecution. To be fair, the latest exchanges did not descend to the abject “did-didn’t” level that was reached at prime minister’s questions on Wednesday. Politicians from Sir Keir Starmer...

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5 d. ago Greens leader Zack Polanski says he is talking to Labour MPs about defecting

The self-described ‘eco-populist’ took the reins of the party last month.

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5 d. ago City council approves plans to make SUV drivers pay more for parking

Cardiff Council will increase the cost of parking permits for owners of sports utility vehicles or cars weighing more than 2,400kg.

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6 d. ago Labour MPs urge Chancellor to scrap hospitality business rates plan

MPs have written to the Chancellor to warn that her reforms run the risk of business closures and job losses.

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8 d. ago Labour MPs warn Government digital ID scheme will unnecessarily cost support

Backbenchers told Liz Kendall that the scheme will not stop illegal migration.

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8 d. ago Farage criticises ‘disgraceful’ rhetoric after alleged attack on Reform council leader

George Finch, 19, says he was called a ‘racist’ and ‘fascist’ during incident in Warwickshire on FridayThe Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage, has criticised “disgraceful” rhetoric from the Labour and Green parties after the UK’s youngest council leader was allegedly assaulted.George Finch, 19, the Reform leader of Warwickshire county council,said he was called a “racist” and a “fascist” before being allegedly assaulted on Friday. Continue reading...

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