ITV investigates Reform UK councillors
The gist
ITV aired undercover footage of Reform UK councillors and candidates making racist and misogynistic remarks.
Three councillors left, raising questions about Reform's vetting and local election gains.
How it unfolded
- Sep 2024Reform leader Nigel Farage promised at the party's annual conference in Birmingham to professionalise the party and improve its vetting process for selecting candidates, saying "We don't want extremists, we don't want bigots, we don't want people who think that way."
- 2025Reform councillor Alan Feeney defected from the Conservative Party.
- 2025 and 2026ITV reporters went undercover with Reform UK candidates and councillors across England and Wales during the May local elections and four by-election campaigns.