“This isn’t Reform. It’s paralysis.”

The Lib Dems have accused Reform UK of causing ‘paralysis’ at Kent Council, after the party cancelled multiple scrutiny meetings this month.

The Reform-run council held its first full county council meeting on 22 May, when it elected its new leader and appointed a cabinet. Since then, Reform has cancelled or postponed several scheduled committee meetings.

Nigel Farage’s party took 57 out of 81 Kent County Council seats at the local elections on 1 May.

Folkestone and Hythe Lib Dems said in a statement that Reform has also yet to confirm which, if any, scrutiny committees will be formed.

The statement said: “For the first three weeks of June, there were FIVE committee meetings timetabled. FOUR have been cancelled.”

Reform has cancelled committee meetings on topics including health, planning, and governance so far.

Reform accused of ‘paralysing’ Kent Council amid spate of cancelled meetings, leftfootforward.org