Nigel Farage, the leader of Reform UK, has written an exclusive opinion column for this newspaper ahead of the local elections in May.

Oxfordshire County Council, and in fact every council across the country, have been run into the ground by Labour, Conservative and Lib Dem administrations.

These local authorities, responsible for the day-to-day administration of basic necessities that all of us rely on, are fundamentally and institutionally broken.

From managing schools to providing social care, emptying your bins to filling in potholes, these are services that many of us have probably taken for granted for years.

But I’m sure, like me, you’re noticing that things have taken a nosedive.

Roads looking like the surface of the moon, bins overflowing, and schools........

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