On the face of it, it’s a simple plan. Reform is way ahead in the national polls , but the weakness of Nigel Farage’s party is that it has no experience in government.

Hence, the focus on winning councils – the theory being that once voters see how competently Reform runs local authorities, especially if they manage to cut council taxes, it will prove they are mature enough for government.

The first part of that plan went better than even Farage could have imagined – sweeping to power in ten local authorities in May’s local elections. New Feature

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Part two is proving a bit trickier.

Kent County Council (KCC) was perhaps Reform’s biggest prize in those heady May days.

And new leader Linden Kemkaran knew what the stakes were, tellin

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