Farage’s Reform UK Wins Right to Legally Challenge Cancelled Local Council Elections

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party will legally challenge attempts by the governing left-wing Labour Party to cancel local elections this May in an apparent bid to stymie the rising populist party.

Nearly four million voters are facing the prospect of having their voices stifled this year, as 28 local councils have applied to delay elections scheduled for May.

The councils have argued that they do not have time to hold elections this year, as they are in the process of restructuring how council governments operate. However, opposition parties have accused the councils of using the planned restructurings as an excuse to hang on to power.

Indeed, a JL Partners survey last week found that Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party would have won 20 councils, including ten