Children 'at risk from Reform's misinformation'

A UK CHARITY says children have been put at risk following “a widely debunked misinformation campaign” over letters provided to refugee support groups.

- By EDWARD BARNES

At an education committee meeting this week, David Burgess-Joyce, a former councillor and chairman of Wirral’s Reform UK branch, said he had seen a list of Wirral primary schools signed up to values promoted by City of Sanctuary UK, a Yorkshire-based charity supporting asylum seekers. He asked whether councillors on Wirral Council’s education committee supported the charity.

He claimed the charity promoted “small children writing Valentine cards, pledges, and letters of affection to undocumented, male, illegal immigrants.” However a spokesperson for the charity has strongly hit back, telling the ECHO: “This is a widely debunked misinformation campaign that has put school communities at risk.”