Reform Councillor suspended over alleged threat to Starmer

Reform UK has suspended one of its councillors as the party investigates him over alleged online comments about wanting to kill Keir Starmer.

- Ben Quinn Senior reporter

The suspension came after the party was presented with details indicating that John Allen, a Reform UK Northumberland county councillor, had posted comments online about wanting to shoot the prime minister.

Nigel Farage, the party’s leader, last week challenged police to arrest TikTok users who he said had been calling for him to be shot.

Allen was suspended after Reform was presented with details following an investigation by the antifascist group Hope Not Hate.

A Reform UK spokesperson said yesterday: “Councillor Allen has been suspended pending investigation.”