17 h. ago Reform UK launches investigation into council leader over social media posts

Party says Staffordshire county council leader has not been suspended

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17 h. ago Reform UK launches probe into council leader over social media posts

Party says Staffordshire county council leader has not been suspended

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18 h. ago Reform council leader accused of racism after alleged remarks about Sadiq Khan

Ian Cooper allegedly called Khan ‘narcissistic Pakistani’ and made comments about lawyer Shola Mos-ShogbamimuA Reform UK council leader has been accused of racism after allegedly describing Sadiq Khan as a “narcissistic Pakistani” and saying a black British lawyer should have “F’d off back to Nigeria”.Ian Cooper, the leader of Staffordshire county council, is also said to have attacked the justice secretary, David Lammy, in a social media post that said: “No foreign national or first generation migrant should be allowed to sit in parliament.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Reform council leader defends party colleague who called police ‘British hating scum’

Staffordshire County Councillor Peter Mason apologised for the posts on X, written before he was elected in May

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3 w. ago Greater Manchester council's opposition leader defects to Reform UK

He has defected to Reform and says Wigan's controlling Labour group could be ousted in 2027

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4 w. ago Reform council leader claims party is ‘stronger’ after suspensions

Reform UK won 57 of the 81 seats at Kent County Council in May, and now have 48 party members following nine suspensions and removals.

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