Nigel Farage has revealed that 29 councillors have defected to Reform UK ahead of local elections in May. The party leader says, "we are growing", adding, "there are many, many more in the pipeline that are going through the process at the moment and you will find out who they are over the course of the coming weeks". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00But one of the things that we lack in reform is experience.
00:05A lot of our people that have become part of the 400 branches
00:09that we've set up that Zia mentioned,
00:11a lot of them have never been in politics before.
00:13We need some old lags.
00:15We need some people who've been in council and know what they're doing.
00:19We are growing, we are building, we are deepening, we are broadening,
00:23we are strengthening, we are getting ready for the 1st of May.
00:28This party is very, very much on the up.
00:32A very big welcome to all 29 of you.
00:35There are many, many more in the pipeline
00:38that are going through the process at the moment
00:40and you'll find out who they are over the course of the coming weeks.
00:44This is one of my last days in London for a very, very long time.
00:47I have already 30 events booked all around the country
00:52in the run-up to these county council, unitary and mayoral elections.