Over the past year, Reform UK has moved from protest party to positions of real authority in local government. In doing so, it has begun to show what its politics look like in practice.
The results have been revealing. Despite promises to cut costs and bring competence to struggling councils, residents are facing rising council tax, cuts to vital services, and a stream of scandals and resignations. Much of the waste Reform claimed it would eliminate has proved hard to find, and the simple answers offered on the campaign trail have quickly unravelled in office.
This report examines what has happened where Reform UK has taken power so far, looking at the promises the party made, the decisions its councillors have taken, and what those choices mean for the communities they now govern.
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