A reform-led county council is serving a ‘plate of chaos’ as its 22-year-old deputy leader has been removed after three months in the position, the head of the opposition has said.
Joseph Boam, who was elected as a Reform UK councillor for Leicestershire County Council in May, is also no longer the cabinet lead member for adult social care and communities, the leader of the Leicestershire Conservatives Deborah Taylor said in a social media post.
Mr Boam, who is councillor for Whitwick in North West Leicestershire, wrote online: ‘Despite the recent news, nothing’s changed, I’ll keep fighting for Whitwick at County Hall and doing everything I can to help get a Reform UK government and Nigel Farage as our next prime minister.’
It is currently unclear why Mr Boam no longer holds the two positions in the council.
The leader of the main opposition to the authority, Ms Taylor, said in a statement released on social media that the Reform-led council is delivering a ‘shambles’.
