US EditionReform UK Sends First ‘Doge’ Team to Look at Kent County Council’s £2bn Finances
- Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, is sending its first Department of Government Efficiency unit to audit Kent County Council starting June 6, 2025.
- This audit follows Reform UK's historic May election win with a mandate to reduce wasteful spending and is modeled on the US Doge launched under Donald Trump.
- The Doge team, composed of technology specialists, data experts, and investigative auditors, will conduct reviews of contracts, capital spending, liabilities, financial reserves, and any audit concerns at councils under Reform's control.
- Party chairman Zia Yusuf criticized the ongoing loss of public funds, stating that taxpayers have seen their money disappear without benefit, and emphasized that the new unit will employ advanced technology to ensure genuine benefits for the electorate.
- The audit is designed to uncover inefficient financial practices and propose practical measures for improvement, with Reform ready to enforce access to necessary documents and treat any interference as serious misconduct.
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Farage’s Reform UK party launches DOGE style audit
MxM News Quick Hit: Reform UK has launched a DOGE-inspired audit to root out waste and overspending in councils it now controls. The party promises to save taxpayers money through aggressive forensic reviews and tech-driven accountability. Key Details: Reform’s tech task force will audit spending across 10 local councils, beginning in Kent. The project is modeled on Elon Musk’s DOGE initiative, which Reform cites as saving $170 billion in the U…
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In the local elections on 1 May, Nigel Farage’s Reform UK took control of 10 councils and two regional mayoralties. The party vowed to scrap climate initiatives in the authorities, and has reportedly already set up an Elon Musk-inspired “DOGE” (Department of Government Efficiency) at Kent County Council in order to identify potential cuts to local services. Reform – which is openly soliciting donations from oil and gas executives – campaigns to …
Reform council leader 'shows how bright he is' in car-crash BBC interview
A Reform county council leader gave a hilarious answer that ‘showed how bright he is’ during a ‘disastrous’ BBC interview. On Monday, Sean Mathews, the Reform Leader of Lincolnshire County Council, appeared on Look North (East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire) to discuss how his party was running things. During the interview with news presenter Peter Levy, Mathews was quizzed on the ‘UK DOGE’ trial that Reform had launched in Kent. The Elon Musk-inspi…
British politician Nigel Farage launches DOGE-like team to audit local authorities
The idea of a Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, appears to have jumped the Atlantic. British politician Nigel Farage, a friend of President Trump's, is now launching something similar.
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