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Chris Large will step down as Reform UK group leader and as council cabinet member for finance.
Former British Home Secretary Suella Braverman has defected to the hard-right Reform UK party. She resigned her 30-year membership with the Conservative Party and will now represent her southern England constituency as a Reform member.
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Nigel Farage’s party is still ahead in the polls, despite accusations that it is turning into a home for failed Tory ministers
Reform UK councillor Matthew Fraser Moat stepped down as head of the Kent Dolge team on Tuesday, stating that he made a "lapse of judgement" after being quoted by the Financial Times saying that the authority had "not made any cuts".
Matthew Goodwin previously said there could be a "negative child benefit tax" on anyone who does not have children.
Conservative voters have become more positive about Reform since the defections – but some Reform voters have been turned off.
Reform's Redcar branch says other political parties stopped it from fielding a by-election candidate.