Housing secretary also targets Reform as May elections loom, saying Farage more interested in Trump than own constituency
The Greens have welcomed activists kicked out of Labour for antisemitic views and people should be “very careful” who they vote for next month, one of Keir Starmer’s most senior ministers has said in a notable stepping-up of attacks on Zack Polanski’s party.
In a double-pronged attack on the two parties expected to make big gains in the elections on 7 May, Steve Reed also accused Nigel Farage of being more interested in talking to Donald Trump then representing his Clacton constituency.
Speaking to the Guardian on his way to Clacton to view projects financed by the government’s Pride in Place scheme, the housing secretary said the Reform UK leader had not attended any of the 10-plus meetings of a local board set up to decide how to spend the £20m grant.
And escalating Labour’s attacks on the Greens, who in a series of recent polls have been placed above Labour, Reed accused the party of failing to properly vet council candidates, and allowing in a stream of hard-left former Labour members, some with antisemitic views.
