Farage forced to sack top Reform UK official after another vetting failure

https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/reform-official-quits-after-vetting-failure

REFORM boss Nigel Farage has been forced to sack another top aide as scandal continues to engulf the hard-right party.

He moved to fire party general-secretary Tom Waterhouse over vetting failures, which allowed a candidate facing serious criminal charges to become leader of Hampshire county council.

Reform insiders claim that Mr Waterhouse, who officially left to spend more time with his family, failed to inform Mr Farage that George Madgwick had been arrested in January this year before being charged with 35 criminal offences, including 12 counts of rape.

Mr Madgwick was elected in May and subsequently became council leader, a post from which he has now stepped down. He is due to appear in court later this month.

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