Farage criticises BBC over racism allegations and claims some fellow pupils say he was ‘offensive’ but not racist – UK politics live

Reform leader claims he has had letters of support over racism allegations, but that those letters also described some of his comments as offensiveNigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, said that in Essex county council elections were postponed. He said district councils were being replaced with a new “pretty amorphous unitary authority”. Because of that, the area also needed “a clear elected figure”, a mayor, he said.Fahnbulleh said the government wanted to create strong, unitary councils. He said that would be a difficult concept for Reform UK to understand, “given the absolute shambles that we’re seeing in the councils that they control”.The government had a moral and a legal obligation to honour its side of the bargain Continue reading…