{"id":578405,"date":"2026-05-11T17:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T17:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/578405\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T17:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T17:12:10","slug":"reform-uk-councillor-in-essex-quits-after-social-media-claims-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/578405\/","title":{"rendered":"Reform UK councillor in Essex quits after social media claims &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE5OWHhxRDRfS2VRMHVHRFFzaHFsZk5vR3VHal8wN2FSa3hVRG9JTEg0QjFFUlhuTlVCTUowOTZvams5Z01KU09VeEh2ZHpaNGFhdWRCNFJfV2hhdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reform UK councillor in Essex quits after social media claims<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxNaHNLTk5HcXZKRWZrcUxhNUhHS3lCbm4ySVF1aUMzWmhuWG1RVW91ekwwNVFyb015YmdWeGlJR0ZjMExSd1ZIYWpRd1BHRjdRSnVUcVc4NGdXQmJJbTNFZ1pKUHRfQ0RHVG5maXlTekFKVnlHT1VfcGlZbG45MkRsTFZyMVI3dDhkZS1YTlNvNlpqY21ybGZXaU9UNENQeTg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reform UK councillor accused of making racist posts resigns days after being elected<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMifEFVX3lxTE15SUxwN090YjFvNWVfNmZMeklBajFDNkdONUJVZ29uaU5ESldJa0t3VWZUSVFBS1JFemZ0Q3JCRUpWeFR6RlQwR0JEM1ZiUzV2RTVGTkpEZGc0QjBta21OdGRUT3NEblBIN2h5d2N0R3VzQ3lSWFdQQWlPazY?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A white supremacist is standing for Reform in Essex<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;HOPE not hate<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwgFBVV95cUxOVEJVUkxBMTFDdG50QWRRNDVwdTUtcWViX19FTE9wSW9kNGEzWm9QcTBPWEZfbUl2RmtFSTNZM3dwSFUxaHRKNDN2VFhMZDNsWVVIcFpnSDF1ZzhmbnVOQ1dzekxJb0JtNmxoRzduVjhwMWNHUWM3VXhPdGJQb1FVUlgzUmZFRXpiODBzNnZsd2JVVFl6U2VQWXVTSXM0a3NDcjVHVGZJeTFMZm5Xd3hfdmNoSWkxZ0RUcmU1YUY3ajJKUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MPs demand Reform suspend candidate over claims he celebrated rape of Sikh women<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMixwFBVV95cUxQXzJUdi1RQThwZDJleGt3bFp1M1l0UzZkeTdaaEU5Wl96MC1qNUszNGtlbGhsc09kSW1lYng1c2l6MWphUDVjNVdMM1NSUnd5cVMtUXEwWnUxZkJtekRmYmtuNVpSb01Ma1JGSUpnQ3pLZ2RzNmhjczNjQjAzOXFxRk9NUWVPRWJmMUQ1T1Zkd1dkLWV4TEladnhSZ2lQNjhkelIzZllueGs0bW1pYW56Nk83MFZmMkF5WkRpVkdlbFZrbkt5S2k4?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Extremist\u2019 Reform candidates elected to councils across the country, warn campaigners<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Observer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reform UK councillor in Essex quits after social media claims&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCReform UK councillor accused of making racist posts resigns&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":578406,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-578405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/578406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}