A leading Reform UK campaigner has admitted that the party’s spending plans do not add up.
Tim Montgomerie, who left the Tories last December in a high-profile defection to Nigel Farage’s party, made the comment on BBC Question Time on Thursday night.
Reform UK Campaigner Admits On BBC Question Time The Party’s Sums Don’t Add Up, Yahoo News
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Reform UK Chair Dismisses Worries About Cost of Tax, Spend Plans
The chair of Reform UK dismissed concerns that its plans to cut taxes and increase welfare benefits would rattle the bond market
Reform UK Chair Dismisses Worries About Cost of Tax, Spend Plans, Bloomberg (Paywall)
The cost of Reform UK’s anti-environmental policies
Reform UK has said it will scrap net zero and cut all renewable subsidies – the impact would be hugely damaging
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Reform UK has said it will scrap net zero with various figures banded around by the party’s representatives for how much this will raise – anywhere from £225bn to £45bn. The Institute for Government, who’s analysis is used to calculate the larger of these two figures, has already said the Party has misrepresented its analysis and failed to acknowledge that most of this investment will come from the private sector – in other words, Reform UK’s policies would likely destroy much needed investment into the UK economy.
But what is the real cost of their anti-renewable and anti-net zero policies? It is important to ensure all political parties are accountable to the public and the impacts of their policies are estimated in a transparent and consistent manner.
The cost of Reform UK’s anti-environmental policies, New Economics Foundation
Reform expels councillor over ‘inappropriate’ posts
A city councillor in Doncaster has been expelled from Reform UK over historic social media posts deemed “unacceptable” by party leaders.
Mark Broadhurst, who had been in post for just four weeks, will sit as an independent councillor after the party’s decision to withdraw the whip on Thursday.
Councillor Guy Aston, Reform UK group leader, said the decision was a result of “inappropriate social media activity that does not reflect our values or standards: family, community, country.”
A Facebook page belonging to Broadhurst shared a post comparing black Islamic dress to “bin bags”, and a now-deleted image which suggested Adolf Hitler would have been a “legend” if he had targeted Muslims.
Reform expels councillor over ‘inappropriate’ posts, BBC