Nigel Farage Left Squirming After Reform-Run Councils Break Pledge To 'Cut Taxes'

Reform Party leader Nigel Farage launches the Save the Pub campaign in London, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026.

Nigel Farage was left squirming as he was grilled on Reform-run councils breaking their pledge to cut taxes.

The party leader bizarrely tried to claim that some were still sticking to their pledge despite putting council tax up.

Reform election leaflets at last year’s local elections, some of which carried Farage’s picture, promised to “reduce waste and cut your taxes”.

However...