Plans for major reforms to local government in England have seen several rounds of local elections planned for May cancelled.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has called the Government’s decision to postpone local elections in nine council areas where the local authority is set to be restructured “outrageous”.

The government says devolution will improve local services and put more money in people's pockets - but opposition MPs said the plans amounted to "denying people a vote".

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has launched a blistering attack on the "completely outrageous" decision by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to postpone local elections in nine councils.Farage declared he is "bloomin' angry" that millions of Reform UK supporters are being "denied their vote" on May 1,