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Notes from the North: Reform UK look shaky on care home plans, auditors get out the red pen at TVCA

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Dec 18, 2025
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Cllr Graham Dalton, Reform UK’s cabinet member for adult social care in Lancashire

Reform UK in Lancashire believe they are the model council for Farage’s party – the blueprint that others can follow.

It’s hard to see the list of achievements – so far, we hasten to add – beyond not quite making front page of national newspapers with a scandal.

But their …

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