Tory opposition criticises leadership after Reform’s 22-year-old deputy leader is removed after three months in role
A Reform UK-led county council has served its residents a “plate of chaos” from the start of its leadership, according to its Conservative opposition, after its 22-year-old deputy leader was removed three months into the job.
Joseph Boam, elected in May as a Reform councillor for Leicestershire county council, had also been stripped of his cabinet brief for adult social care and communities, said the leader of the Leicestershire Conservatives, Deborah Taylor.
The Guardian understands that Boam was removed because of a clash with the council’s Reform leader, Dan Harrison, stemming from differences of opinion.
Despite this, Boam said “nothing’s changed” and vowed to keep fighting for his constituents and for Nigel Farage to become prime minister.
