Reform councillor works on asylum claims for Home Office, investigation reveals

The civil service code states that all civil servants should be politically impartial. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

Campaigners have complained to the Home Office after it was revealed a councillor for Reform UK also works for the government department processing asylum and immigration claims.

Paul Bean, who serves as a councillor for Crook ward at Durham county council, declared his day job as a civil servant at the Home Office in his register of interests.