Reform UK has confirmed plans to bring forward a flag policy for Warwickshire County Council.

A row erupted at the end of June when leader Cllr George Finch asked chief executive Monica Fogarty to remove the Progress Pride flag from the front of the council's Shire Hall headquarters.

That followed the commitment Reform made prior to the local elections that only the flags of the UK, England, armed forces or the local area would be flown from public buildings that it had control of.

Ms Fogarty resisted Cllr Finch's request, inviting him to bring forward a formal policy if he wished to, with the subsequent row playing out through the national press and social media.

Criticism from Zia Yusuf, formerly Reform's party chair and now head of its department of government efficiency (DOGE), and

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