Kent county councillor from Margate jailed over years of controlling abuse of wife

A Kent county councillor has been jailed for 12 months after admitting to subjecting his wife to years of controlling and coercive behaviour.

Daniel Taylor, 35, from Margate, was sentenced at Margate Magistrates’ Court today after pleading guilty at an earlier hearing.

Kent county councillor from Margate jailed over years of controlling abuse of wife

Thanet deserved better than Reform’s Daniel Taylor

For nearly ten months now, the residents of Cliftonville have been throwing away hard earned taxes, on an elected representative that deceived them from the start.

Reform UK relentlessly sold Taylor to Cliftonville as a ‘devoted family man’ without bothering to properly look into his background. But as we all know now, this is no isolated incident.

Thanet deserved better than Reform’s Daniel Taylor, thanetlibdems.uk

Reform UK’s ex-leader in Wales Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery charges

Gill admits to eight counts of bribery relating to statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament

The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has pleaded guilty to bribery charges relating to statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament.

Nathan Gill, of Anglesey, north Wales, admitted eight counts of bribery on dates between 6 December 2018 and 18 July 2019.

Reform UK’s ex-leader in Wales Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery charges, The Guardian

Starting as they mean to go on: Kent’s Reform council cancels first oversight committee meetings

Cancelled Committee Meetings in the first full month

    Heath Overview and Scrutiny Committee
    Kent and Medway Police and Crime Panel (postponed)
    Planning Applications Committee
    Governance and Audit Committee
    Regulation Committee
    Member Development Sub-Committee

Cancelled Committee Meetings in the first full month

  • Heath Overview and Scrutiny Committee
  • Kent and Medway Police and Crime Panel (postponed)
  • Planning Applications Committee
  • Governance and Audit Committee
  • Regulation Committee
  • Member Development Sub-Committee
Via democracy.kent.gov.uk

‘We all make mistakes’: Richard Tice defends Reform MP who assaulted ex-girlfriend as he rules out suspension

Richard Tice has said a Reform UK MP convicted of assaulting his former girlfriend 18 years ago will not be suspended and would pass the party’s new vetting process.

The deputy leader said James McMurdock was someone who had “got things wrong, learnt from it and has grown and succeeded”.

The former investment banker did not publicly disclose his conviction for assault before being elected, and claimed he had “pushed” his partner when details were first disclosed this summer.

However, The Times later obtained information about his sentencing from the courts, which said he was detained for 21 days in a young offender institution for kicking the victim “around four times” in 2006 when he was a teenager.

‘We all make mistakes’: Richard Tice defends Reform MP who assaulted ex-girlfriend as he rules out suspension, LBC