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Ten councils wait for clarity on transport policy after Reform wins

Peter Stonham
15 May 2025
 

Transport policies in more than a dozen major local highway and transport authorities will now be under review following Reform UK’s huge gains in local elections held across England on 1 May. The party has taken control of 10 big councils and is the largest in four others under No Overall Control.

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party took votes off both Labour and the Conservatives across England to secure 677 council seats – far more than the 300-400 the party claimed to have been...

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