Reform is demanding that councils hand over their data to a bunch of “experts” - without revealing any of their identities.

Highly recommend this story from @rtakver.bsky.social on the cautionary tale of Reform’s West Northamptonshire takeover 👇🏻

Councillors in West Northamptonshire last night slammed Reform UK’s plan to access council data as part of its ‘DOGE’ drive to reduce local “fraud and waste”. In a key test of Reform’s battle to acces...

‘No Such Thing as a Free Lunch’: Opposition Outcry over Reform’s Secretive DOGE Unit

Councillors in West Northamptonshire last night slammed Reform UK’s plan to access council data as part of its ‘DOGE’ drive to reduce local “fraud and waste”. In a key test of Reform’s battle to acces...

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Surely they have to have a data controller. Should a leak occur from their systems then someone would be responsible. Do they have insurance in case of a Data leak. Surely a Political Party’s Leaders cannot have access to LA data?

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