Overview
- Restore Britain confirmed that Paul Thomas, Oliver Bradshaw, Brian Black, Robert Ford, Isabella Kemp, Maxine Fothergill and Dean Burns will sit as an official group on Kent County Council.
- Six of the seven councillors had been expelled from Reform UK, prompting a Reform source to dismiss the defections as “welcome to our dregs.”
- Reform UK won 57 of 81 seats in May but now has 48 councillors after removing nine, weakening its dominance on the council.
- Rupert Lowe said Restore Britain will not impose a national whip on local matters and announced the party has published a deportation policy.
- Liberal Democrat opposition leader Antony Hook highlighted the frequent group changes as a sign of continuing instability at the council.