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The Claim

After Reform UK was elected to run Leicestershire County Council, Leicestershire County Council sent in auditors.

The Short Version

The evidence shows Reform UK took charge of the council, but it does not show that Leicestershire County Council had already "sent in auditors." Contemporary reporting said the additional audit Reform promised was still being arranged and had not yet begun, while the council’s regular external auditor was already appointed before Reform took office. The claim turns a planned review into a completed event.

Caveats

  • The phrase "sent in auditors" implies auditors were already on site or formally deployed; credible reports said the extra audit was still in procurement.
  • Do not confuse the council’s long-standing statutory external audit with Reform UK’s separate promised "American-style" review.
  • The strongest support for claims of a completed audit action or large audit spending comes from partisan social-media posts, not corroborated official records.

The Receipts

  1. Leader and cabinet

    Leicestershire County Council

  2. Leicestershire County Council is still to get its American-style audit from Reform UK

    Ashby Nub News

  3. Dan Harrison insists Reform UK can cut Leicestershire County Council tax without cutting services

    Ashby Nub News

  4. Reform looks set to run Leicestershire

    Local Government Chronicle

  5. Interim Auditor's Annual Report Year ending 31 March 2025

    Grant Thornton UK LLP / Leicestershire County Council

  6. Reform largest party in 'hung' Leicestershire County Council

    BBC News

  7. Reform UK issues Leicestershire County Council audit pledge update

    Leicester Mercury

  8. Cost questions remain as Leicestershire County Council set to embark on savings audit

    Leicester News

  9. Results of previous elections

    Leicestershire County Council

  10. Chaos in Reform-led Leicestershire County Council raised in Parliament by local MP

    Hinckley and Bosworth Conservatives

+ 13 more sources — see the full list on Lenz

Filed Under

Leicestershire County CouncilReform UK

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