May elections live: Badenoch rows back on Reform pacts as millions cast their votes

Tory leader tells Sun that there won’t be council tie-ups as Farage’s party is not ‘serious’ as votes under way in England, Wales and Scotland

Yesterday Kemi Badenoch gave an interview to Sky News suggesting she would be happy to see Conservative councillors working with Reform UK councillors to deliver rightwing policies.

In an interview with the Sun published today, Badenoch rowed back on this. She said there would not be any deals because Reform councillors weren’t “serious”. She told the paper:

We’re not doing deals with Reform. I don’t want to see us helping Reform.

A lot of people in Reform are people we kicked out.