"Integration and Multi-Culturalism, Ashford?"Ashford represented by 7 Reform county councillors."Reform UK administration (2025)In the 2025 Kent County Council election, Reform UK won outright control of the council and Linden Kemkaran was elected leader. After being elected she said “we will simply put the people of Kent at the heart of everything we do”.One key policy is a new cabinet role inspired by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) as promoted by Elon Musk.The council will not fly the rainbow flag for Pride Month. She said she saw having a Ukrainian flag in the council chamber as a "distraction". Kemkaran also said she intends to reduce the impact of illegal migration on residents in Kent.In July, Kemkaran shared a social media post claiming Reform had removed books containing transgender themes from the county's libraries with immediate effect. This was later found to be untrue with the challenged book simply moved from a display at the entrance to an adult section. Kent Libraries went on to post a statement that they would no longer allow displays of transgender books to be in areas accessible by children."
David Ainsworth ● 22h