Lib Dems launch ‘Reform Watch’ team to hold Reform-run councils to account

Lib Dems launch ‘Reform Watch’ team to hold Reform-run councils to account

The Lib Dems have created a national “Reform Watch” scrutiny board, bringing together Lib Dem leaders in areas where Reform has taken control to hold them to account. Ed Davey has said Labour and the Tories are “too scared” of Reform to hold the right-wing party to account.  A key focus of the board will be monitoring whether Reform tries to cut public services, Davey told the Guardian.  The Lib Dems won 370 seats and three councils on 1 May, co…

‘Stop the Boats, Stop the Waste’: How Reform UK Took Control in Kent

Kent, with its chalk cliffs and close proximity to Calais, has become Britain’s symbolic and logistical frontline in the ongoing small boat migration crisis. Since 2018, small boat crossings have become a near-daily feature along the coast from Broadstairs to Dungeness. While the numbers arriving fluctuate year to year, one thing has not wavered: the political pressure migration places on this southeastern county. On 1 May 2025, that pressure tr…