Reform UK suspends Scottish candidate less than a day after announcing him
by Severin Carrell Scotland editor from World news | The Guardian on (#74CK2)
Stuart Niven found to have diverted Covid grants to personal account and other candidates' Islamophobic remarks revealed
Reform UK has suspended one of its Scottish candidates after it emerged he had been struck off as a company director, and the party faces growing attacks for fielding candidates making Islamophobic remarks.
Reform confirmed on Friday morning it had suspended Stuart Niven, its candidate for Dundee West, after the Herald revealed he had been struck off after diverting tens of thousands of pounds of Covid grants into his personal account.
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