The Equality and Human Rights Commission requested details on how Reform UK complies with the Equality Act 2010 after receiving complaints about footage shown in ITV’s *Undercover: A Year in Reform*. The broadcast caught local representatives making Islamophobic remarks, using slurs against Asian homeowners, and issuing violent threats against King Charles, while Reform MP Sarah Pochin called the party chauvinistic. In response, Reform UK insisted it has met all statutory obligations and has reported ITV and the journalists to the police while threatening civil legal action.
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The Equality and Human Rights Commission can pursue formal enforcement action if Reform U…: The Equality and Human Rights Commission can pursue formal enforcement action if Reform UK fails to demonstrate compliance with the Equality Act 2010.
Reform UK maintains it strictly obeys equality legislation while actively pursuing police…: Reform UK maintains it strictly obeys equality legislation while actively pursuing police complaints and legal action against ITV.
The inquiry highlights persistent scrutiny over the effectiveness of Nigel Farage's candi…: The inquiry highlights persistent scrutiny over the effectiveness of Nigel Farage's candidate vetting procedures following multiple candidate controversies.
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The official equalities watchdog has written to Reform UK to raise concerns after an undercover TV documentary showed councillors and candidates for the party expressing racist and misogynistic views, with one of the party’s MPs complaining about ingrained sexism.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said it had written to Nigel Farage’s party in the wake of revelations in ITV’s Undercover: A Year in Reform, which was broadcast in October.
While Farage has said the party’s vetting procedures have improved greatly, footage in the programme included Alan Feeney, a Reform councillor and deputy mayor of Solihull, calling Asian homeowners “parasites”, making Islamophobic remarks, and stating that “no more than 1% of [the] British population can be non-white”.
Other candidates were recorded making comments of extreme violence and sharing deeply misogynistic and racist views, including a Bromley councillor calling for King Charles to be killed and another councillor who made disturbing sexual and misogynistic comments about female colleagues.
In another section, the Reform MP Sarah Pochin was shown complaining that the party was “chauvinistic” and riven with “alpha male shit”.
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