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LONDON, Feb 17 () - Britain's right-wing Reform UK party named Robert Jenrick as its finance policy chief on Tuesday, as leader Nigel Farage made the first announcement of who would be in his
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By Alistair Smout and William Schomberg LONDON, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Britain's right-wing Reform UK party said it would make changes to the way the Bank of England and the country's budget arbiter operate but would respect their independence,
Restore Britain forms a Kent County Council group after seven Reform councillors change sides.
Reform UK, a right-wing British party, plans to modify the Bank of England's functions and the Office for Budget Responsibility while maintaining their independence. The party aims to focus on inflation and fiscal rules and criticized previous governments for mismanaging welfare and tax policies.
Mr Jenrick will pledge not to abolish the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), instead promising "reform", and will say the Bank would remain independent if he were in No 11. His comments follow Nigel Farage’s naming of his top team on Tuesday, barely a month after Mr Jenrick left the Conservative front bench as shadow justice secretary.
A Reform councillor who accused his Labour-run council of attempting to “rig the rules” has backed down from a legal challenge over the costs.
By Alistair Smout and Sam Tabahriti LONDON, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Britain's right-wing Reform UK named ex-Conservative Robert Jenrick as finance policy chief on Tuesday, part of leader Nigel Farage's efforts to prepare his populist party for government in the event that it wins the next national election.
The former Conservative cabinet minister was announced by Nigel Farage as Reform's so-called shadow Chancellor. It comes just weeks after his defection to Reform UK directly from the Conservative frontbench, a move Tory leader Kemi Badenoch welcomed as part of her "spring cleaning ".