Reform UK leader Nigel Farage visits Sunderland for local election rally
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage visits Sunderland on Thursday as part of Reform UK’s local election campaign tour.
Mr Farage will be joined by “guest speakers” at the Sunderland Live Arena, at Rainton Bridge, Houghton, on March 26.
His speech is expected to include references to Sunderland’s council tax, local authority salaries and the city’s potholes.
Addressing the public ahead of his visit, Mr Farage said: “I’m coming to Sunderland because this community deserves better than the managed decline delivered by Labour and the Conservatives.
"They have broken Britain and they refuse to admit it.
“This campaign is about telling the truth and offering real change. Reform UK is ready to fix Britain but we can’t do it without you.”
Sunderland City Council will hold “all-out” elections on Thursday, May 7, with all 75 seats up for grabs on the Labour-run authority following a review of the electoral wards.
Reform UK gained control of neighbouring Durham County Council at last year’s local elections.