Reform councils' difficulties show change is 'hard'

NIGEL Farage has admitted that bringing change in local government is hard” and that he had not held talks with the European Union over plans to remove benefits from EU citizens in the UK.

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Labour defended Rachel Reeves’ November 26 statement as the only plan to spare voters from austerity, as both Reform UK and the Tories held rival press conferences yesterday unveiling alternative budgets focusing on spending cuts. The Chancellor's plan to raise taxes while spending “extortionate amounts” on foreign nationals was “treachery”, Reform UK's head of policy, Zia Yusuf, said.

Reforms plans include negotiating with Brussels to withdraw the welfare payments EU citizens with settled status are entitled to under the withdrawal agreement.