KCC leader Linden Kemkaran says she has no concerns at all about plans by a former colleague to launch a rival group at County Hall.

Speaking ahead of Reform UK’s six-month anniversary in charge of the authority, she tried to move beyond recent controversies.

The party has expelled five councillors this week, while a sixth remains under investigation, following a major falling out after the leaking of a video showing a private party meeting which became heated.

As reported yesterday, Cllr Bill Barrett - one of the expelled members - said he was in the early stages of creating the Independent Reformers.

Asked whether this move concerns her, Cllr Kemkaran said: “No, not really, because we are united and we are strong and we are determined to carry on. We are doing [things] for the peop

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