Reform may face legal action from removed Kent councillors The party won 57 of the 81 council seats in May, but now has 48 following nine suspensions and removals. Evening Standard · Nov 6, 2025
Reform may face legal action from councillors kicked out of party Reform has lost nine councillors in supensions and removals since gaining power in May The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2025
‘More clowns than Billy Smart’s circus’: Reform mocked as Kent council holds first meeting since video leak chaos First full council meeting held since several suspended following leaked meeting footage The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2025
Village told it cannot have Christmas lights unless England flags taken down Harrietsham Parish Council said it may not be able to put up its Christmas lights due to the ‘financial implications’ of removing the flags The Independent UK · Nov 5, 2025
‘Beyond ironic’: Reform-led council says flags must come down so Christmas lights can go up Kent county council says union flags and flags of St George must come off street lights because of safety concerns The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2025
Reform council leader has ‘no regrets’ after leaked video meeting A leaked video of a Reform member meeting saw Kent County Council leader Linden Kemkaran telling members to ‘suck it up’ when they disagreed with her. Evening Standard · Oct 30, 2025
Ex-Reform UK councillor says party shows lack of ‘human decency’ Bill Barrett was one of 57 Reform Councillors elected to Kent County Council (KCC) at the local elections in May overturning a 30-year Tory majority. Evening Standard · Oct 29, 2025
Three Reform councillors expelled over ‘dishonest’ behaviour at flagship council ‘These individuals have shown a pattern of dishonest and deceptive behaviour which the party will not tolerate from its elected officials’, a Reform spokesperson said The Independent UK · Oct 28, 2025
Three Reform councillors expelled for ‘dishonest and deceptive’ behaviour Reform UK took control of Kent County Council after winning 57 of the 81 seats at the local elections in May. Evening Standard · Oct 28, 2025
‘Little more than photocalls’: What has Reform’s Doge team done since it was set up? The Elon Musk-inspired cost-cutting team promised big savings after Reform’s local election wins in May The Independent UK · Oct 23, 2025
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. Evening Standard · Oct 21, 2025
Voices: ‘Couldn’t run a bath, let alone a council’: Readers slam Reform after Kent council chaos YOUR VIEWS: 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 The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2025
Four Reform councillors suspended in Farage's flagship Kent council after online meeting bust-up with leader ‘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 Evening Standard · Oct 20, 2025
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. The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2025
The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2025 Reform UK set to hike council tax in Kent by 5% - despite DOGE-style pledge to cut costs Kent County Council’s Department of Local Government Efficiency (Dolge) has identified £40m of potential savings - but council tax looks likely to go up next year
Evening Standard · Oct 6, 2025 Kent ‘down to the bare bones’, says care chief amid council tax rise fears Nigel Farage’s party ousted the Conservatives at Kent County Council (KCC) in May, with a promise to slash ‘wasteful spending’.
The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2025 Council leaders and MPs call for international railways links to reopen in Kent On Friday, Kent County Council hosted an event to entice ‘competitors’ to Eurostar, and underline the desire for renewed railway links with Europe.
Evening Standard · Sep 18, 2025 Reform council removes ‘climate emergency’ declaration Reform UK won 57 of the 81 seats on Kent County Council in May, and their members say they had the mandate to scrap net zero policies.
Evening Standard · Aug 22, 2025 Trial date set for Reform councillor charged with threatening to kill his wife Kent county councillor Daniel Taylor, 35, for Cliftonville, near Margate had the Reform party whip removed after his arrest in June.
The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2025 Reform councillor charged with threatening to kill his wife The councillor is accused of threatening to kill his wife on June 1
Evening Standard · Aug 7, 2025 Reform UK-led council claims it has saved millions in first 100 days On Saturday, it will be 100 days since Reform UK won Kent County Council and began its administration labelled ‘clickbait and chaos’ by opposition.
Evening Standard · Jul 10, 2025 Reform councillor says small boats migrants are from ‘unenlightened cultures’ During a Kent County Council meeting in Maidstone, Cllr Linden Kemkaran used words like ‘hordes’ and ‘invade’ to describe male migrants.
The Independent UK · Jul 9, 2025 Reform-led council to announce ‘first big savings’ after Farage visit However, the party has been accused of ‘poor governance’ during their first two months in power in Kent.
Evening Standard · Jul 7, 2025 Reform councillors were ‘shocked’ that they won their seats, says Farage Nigel Farage puts a Reform-led council’s ‘slow start’ down to his party being a ‘rethink’ on local government.
Evening Standard · Jul 7, 2025 Nigel Farage says he ‘can’t apologise’ for lack of MP vetting in general election Nigel Farage told Reform UK councillors ‘how we behave matters’ during a visit to Kent County Council in the wake of James McMurdock allegations.