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The spending plans raised questions about Reform’s vow to cut costs at councils

Plan was put forward by 19-year-old leader of Warwickshire council George Finch who also lobbied to remove Pride flag

Reforms announced by the Labour chancellor Rachel Reeves

COMMENT: To prop up her team, the Conservatives’ vulnerable leader had little choice but to ‘hug’ one of her previous rivals close – and she was right to keep Robert Jenrick at arm’s length, argues John Rentoul

Nigel Farage plans to send 10,000 UK criminals to El Salvador's jails, echoing Trump's tactics. Reform aims to halve crime with 'zero tolerance'.

Former Conservative politician Laura Anne Jones has joined the ex-Ukip leader’s party

COMMENT: Nigel Farage’s plan to halve crime – by spending £17bn on building ‘Nightingale prisons’, jailing for life those convicted three times, and sending Britain’s worst offenders to jail in El Salvador – simply doesn’t add up. But should we be worried that neither Labour nor the Tories seem able…

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The Reform council leader said police should have ‘the proper backing’ to shoot people