Nigel Farage has been left furious after Angela Rayner pushed through controversial plans to postpone council elections across the country.
Rayner told the Commons today: "I've agreed to postpone local elections in East Sussex, and West Sussex, Essex, and Thurrock, Hampshire, and the Isle of Wight, and Norfolk, and Suffolk.
"I've also agreed for the postponement in Surrey, given the urgency of creating sustainable new unitary structures and to unlock devolution for this area.
"We are postponing elections for one year - from May 2025 to May 2026."
Some five million Britons are set to lose their votes this year - sparking outrage from the Reform UK leader.
Farage accused the Labour Government and Tory-run councils of "collusion" - and jabbed: "I thought that only dictators cancelled elections... but what I see today is collusion to stave off the threat of Reform UK on May 1."
While his Great Yarmouth MP Rupert Lowe branded the decision an "outrage" and an "arrogant scam" after county council elections in Norfolk were called off.
Writing on social media, Lowe said: "Their pathetic excuses won't wash. Democracy is inconvenient. Democracy is costly. Democracy is awkward.
"But it matters - and the people must be allowed to vote.
"I will be organising a protest at Great Yarmouth Town Hall in due course. We must show these petty councillors that their desperate efforts to cling on to power will not be tolerated."
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Rayner told the Commons today: "I've agreed to postpone local elections in East Sussex, and West Sussex, Essex, and Thurrock, Hampshire, and the Isle of Wight, and Norfolk, and Suffolk.
"I've also agreed for the postponement in Surrey, given the urgency of creating sustainable new unitary structures and to unlock devolution for this area.
"We are postponing elections for one year - from May 2025 to May 2026."
Some five million Britons are set to lose their votes this year - sparking outrage from the Reform UK leader.
Farage accused the Labour Government and Tory-run councils of "collusion" - and jabbed: "I thought that only dictators cancelled elections... but what I see today is collusion to stave off the threat of Reform UK on May 1."
While his Great Yarmouth MP Rupert Lowe branded the decision an "outrage" and an "arrogant scam" after county council elections in Norfolk were called off.
Writing on social media, Lowe said: "Their pathetic excuses won't wash. Democracy is inconvenient. Democracy is costly. Democracy is awkward.
"But it matters - and the people must be allowed to vote.
"I will be organising a protest at Great Yarmouth Town Hall in due course. We must show these petty councillors that their desperate efforts to cling on to power will not be tolerated."
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