Reform West Oxfordshire pitch ‘ending council waste’

The party has candidates running for each of the district council’s 16 wards at the May 7 election.

The party failed to meet the Oxford Mail’s deadline to share a leader’s pitch for the West Oxfordshire District Council elections, but its councillor, Natalie King, has shared comments with the BBC on her party’s proposals after “declining to attend” the broadcaster’s local debate.

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She said Reform UK winning seats in the district would mean “positive change for residents” and a focus on “ending council waste”.

Ms King said: “This will ensure more of your money goes into the frontline services that you care about, such as filling potholes, bin collections and making safer communities.”

Reform plans for West Oxfordshire include building more infrastructure around housing developments as well as pushing back on the county council’s 20mph rollout.

The party also shared a more general statement on social media from Felix Bloomfield, Reform UK’s Oxfordshire spokesperson.

It said: “Oxfordshire is in crisis. We need common sense governance for our county.”

The post says “new homes should be on brownfield site first”, and that “British people should come first in housing, jobs and services”.

On the congestion charge and LTNs put in place by the local highways authority, Oxfordshire County Council, the party says: “Reform would scrap them all”.

On education, it said: “Oxfordshire’s schools have falling standards and those families with children with Special Educational Needs have been seriously let down across the County.

“Reform UK supports knowledge based education free from gender ideology and climate alarmism.”

Mr Bloomfield finished his Oxfordshire statement on the topic of immigration and asylum.

He said: “Oxfordshire has welcomed many small boat arrivals and asylum hotel costs drain resources from social housing, our NHS and schools.

“Hotels must be reopened for Oxfordshire tourists and locals to help the local economy. British people should come first in housing, jobs and services.

“Let’s take back control of Oxfordshire.”