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Prime minister says Britain may not survive as tolerant, diverse country' if Nigel Farage takes power

Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, said that in Essex county council elections were postponed. He said district councils were being replaced with a new pretty amorphous unitary authority". Because of that, the area also needed a clear elected figure", a mayor, he said.

Fahnbulleh said the government wanted to create strong, unitary councils. He said that would be a difficult concept for Reform UK to understand, given the absolute shambles that we're seeing in the councils that they control".

The government had a moral and a legal obligation to honour its side of the bargain