Lancashire County Council is one of 10 local authorities that Reform UK won outright control of at the local elections.. Its performance in running the councils it now controls is being seen as a ...

Reform UK is set to send in its first Elon Musk-style Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) unit to look at “wasteful spending” in councils. A team of software engineers, data analysts ...

The new leader of Lancashire County Council will be Reform UK's councillor Stephen Atkinson. The party took control of the authority after winning 53 of the 84 seats at the local elections on 1 May.

Winning 23,805 votes, or 32.6% of the vote share, compared with Reform UK's 23,107, or 31.6%, means Ros Jones will remain in power for another term. This marks the end of more than a decade of Labour ...

Cllr Stephen Atkinson speaks after being elected leader of the majority Reform UK group on Lancashire County Council. Cllr Atkinson, 55, who represents the division of Ribble Valley South West ...

A new Reform UK council leader has called the Ukraine war a “distraction”. Linden Kemkaran, named leader of Kent County Council a week after Reform UK’s sweeping victories in the local ...

How to use this calculator. Enter the postcode of your home and select your council tax band. If you don’t know your council tax band, you can use the government council tax band tool.This only ...

The London borough of Wandsworth is officially the cheapest place in the UK for council tax. The borough has frozen council tax for the third year running, meaning a Band D household will pay only ...

In a conference suite on the fourth floor of Lancashire County Council's headquarters, Joshua Roberts smiles as he is handed his new badge. The 27-year-old's photo ID includes his name and new ...

The unit will visit Kent County Council on Monday. Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent. ... Reform UK to send first ‘Doge’ team to look at council spending ...