Postponed elections subvert democracy.
We now know which councils will go ahead with their elections.
Despite the concerted effort by central government to subvert democracy, our Reform UK council candidates stand ready and waiting for the elections that are happening on 7 May.
However, huge swathes of the country will not be having their elections as planned. Millions of people who were looking forward to the opportunity to exercise their democratic right to vote have now been blocked from doing so.
This has been a crisis in democracy.
The majority of councils where elections are now postponed are Labour authorities, using this as an opportunity to escape accountability and to continue their administrations without a fresh mandate.
“People have been blocked from exercising their democratic right to vote”
Within the LGA, our Reform UK political group office has been a single voice against this.
For those councils where elections are going ahead, this will be an opportunity for people to make their voices heard: not just for themselves, but for fellow citizens who have been denied their votes by Labour and Conservative council leaders, and the Government that has agreed.
Democracy is too precious to ignore their actions.
Despite the concerted effort by central government to subvert democracy, our Reform UK council candidates stand ready and waiting for the elections that are happening on 7 May.
However, huge swathes of the country will not be having their elections as planned. Millions of people who were looking forward to the opportunity to exercise their democratic right to vote have now been blocked from doing so.
This has been a crisis in democracy.
The majority of councils where elections are now postponed are Labour authorities, using this as an opportunity to escape accountability and to continue their administrations without a fresh mandate.
Within the LGA, our Reform UK political group office has been a single voice against this.
For those councils where elections are going ahead, this will be an opportunity for people to make their voices heard: not just for themselves, but for fellow citizens who have been denied their votes by Labour and Conservative council leaders, and the Government that has agreed.
Democracy is too precious to ignore their actions.
Reform UK has now had the opportunity to show what they are capable of. Our council leaders up and down the country have delivered for local people. It is now up to voters to send a clear message.