English local elections: Farage says ‘it’s the beginning of the end of the Conservative party’ after sweeping Reform wins –as it happened

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Reform UK has won three of the first five wards declared at Northumberland County Council, with Labour and the Conservatives picking up one each, PA reports.

There are 67 seats on the council, with the Conservatives defending 33, Labour 18, the Liberal Democrats four and Greens two, while there were 10 independent councillors.