Shadow trade secretary Andrew Griffith.

A senior Tory has been criticised for claiming the Lib Dems “want four-day weeks and veganism” when they run local councils.

Andrew Griffith’s comments, which he made on the BBC, were dismissed as “frankly a bit weird”.

The shadow business secretary had been defending Kemi Badenoch after she gave the green light to Tory councillors doing deals with Reform UK after the local elections on May 1.

She was criticised by Andy Street, the former Tory mayor of the West Midlands, who said his party “should have nothing to do with” Reform.

But Griffith said: “There’s always been, after elections, for local councillors........

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