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Staff at Reform-controlled councils urged to join a union

WORKERS at Reform-controlled councils were urged to join a union today after Nigel Farage threatened to slash jobs and inflict a raft of Doge-style cuts. 

The far-right party gained more than 600 seats in the local elections last week, picking up 10 councils.

After Reform took control of Durham County Council on Friday, Mr Farage said that he would advise anyone working there on “climate change initiatives or diversity, equity and inclusion or thinks that you [can] go on working from home” to seek “alternative careers.”

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