Nigel Farage faces ‘Doge fightback’ as ‘work-shy’ council staff send trade union membership surging

Nigel Farage has been warned he faces a fightback from council staff over Reform UK’s proposals to clamp down on DEI training and cut waste with its new Doge unit.Unison, the UK’s largest trade union, claimed its membership jumped by 200 per cent in local authorities won by Reform UK at last month’s Local Elections.The data, which has been obtained by Sky News, shows huge increases in Durham, Kent, and Lincolnshire.Ahead of the surge in union membership, Farage had told council staff who supported DEI and working from home to find new jobs.Speaking after emerging victorious in County Durham, the Reform UK leader said: “I would advise anybody who’s working for Durham county council on climate change initiatives or diversity, equity and inclusion or … things that you go on working from home, I think you all better really be seeking alternative careers very, very quickly.”Reform UK MP Lee Anderson also warned that council staff working from home tended to be less productive, adding: “The very least they can do is turn up for work.”Christina McAnea, Unison’s general secretary, said: “Membership has surged in areas where Reform did well in the local elections.”Unions exist to ensure no one can play fast and loose with the law. Any staff working for councils now controlled by Reform, and who aren’t already a Unison member, should sign up so they can be protected too.”A party that has voted consistently against modest measures to improve working conditions and threatened to sack council workers at the earliest opportunity is not one working people are likely to trust.”She added: “Reform has been keen to shout about its tax and benefits giveaways, but there’s precious little on which cherished public services will be sacrificed to pay for them.”Please write at least 4 paragraphsPlease write at least 4 paragraphsPlease write at least 4 paragraphs

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