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Nigel Farage and Lee Anderson during a visit ahead of the local elections

"We will take our time and go through the work done so far before taking a position on this." Variations of this refrain became the dominant message from Reform UK's first full meeting in charge of Nottinghamshire County Council.

Quizzed on matters ranging from transport projects to local government reorganisation, the party's top team said they were not sufficiently briefed and would come back at a later date with detailed answers. Despite the lack of substance at the May 22 meeting, opposition councillors were charitable.

Taking place just weeks after Reform's seismic victory in the Nottinghamshire County Council election, many were prepared to accept that a group of people who are by and la

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