Reform UK Kent council cost-cutting drive in doubt
By: | Published: 2025-06-06 18:19:00 | Source: www.bbc.com
Political Editor, BBC South East
BBC Kent, political reporter

The tech entrepreneur who quit heading up Reform UK’s Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) says he did so because the resignation of the party’s chairman left him with “a bit of doubt” about the future of the project.
After 11 months in the role, Reform UK chairman Zia Yusuf resigned on Thursday alongside Nathaniel Fried, who was said to be leading the unit.
Asked by Politics South East whether the Doge audit of Kent County Council (KCC) was going the same way as Elon Musk’s project in America, he said: “I don’t know to be honest, I’m no longer in charge of…