Reform UK councillor suspended from job at Home Office processing asylum claims

It is understood an investigation will look at whether Paul Bean of Durham council breached civil service code

A local councillor for Reform UK who works for the Home Office processing asylum and immigration claims has been suspended from his job while an investigation is carried out, the Guardian has learned.

Paul Bean, who serves as a councillor for Crook ward at Durham county council, declared his day job as a civil servant at the Home Office in his register of interests.