Reform UK promises to cut 'wasteful spending'

REFORM UK is set to send in its first Elon Musk-style Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) unit to look at "wasteful spending" in councils.

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A team of software engineers, data analysts and forensic auditors will “visit and analyse” local authorities, starting with Kent County Council on Monday, the party said.

Reform says it will be led by a yet-unnamed man described as one of the country’s “leading tech entrepreneurs with a specialism in data analytics who has also been a turnaround CEO”.

The party said that the unit will use artificial intelligence, advanced data analysis tools and forensic auditing techniques to “identify wasteful spending and recommend actionable solutions”.

A letter sent to Kent County Council, which Reform took control of after the May elections, read:

“The scope of the review includes but is not limited to: