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Solihull leader ‘appalled’ as formal complaints revealed after ITV Reform undercover sting

All three councillors have now resigned, but the fallout is continuing. Watch to find out what happens next at Solihull Council and why an extraordinary meeting is still going ahead.

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00:00Solihull Council is dealing with the fallout from an undercover ITV investigation which exposed
00:07racist and misogynistic remarks made by three councillors elected for Reform UK. Alan Feeney,
00:14Jamie Campbell and Chris Whelan have resigned after clips from ITV's undercover A Year in Reform
00:21were released. Council leader Karen Grinsall says she was appalled by the language used and believes
00:27many residents will have been disgusted by what they heard. She says the remarks do not represent
00:33Solihull or the values of the council. Grinsall has also revealed that the council's monitoring
00:39officer received formal complaints about the conduct of the three men. She says those complaints would
00:45have been investigated had any of them remained as councillors. Their resignations mean the authority
00:51must now deal with the vacancies they have left. An extraordinary meeting of Solihull Council
00:57scheduled for the 19th of October is still set to go ahead despite all three men stepping down.
01:04Councillors are expected to replace roles held by them including the position of Deputy Mayor which
01:11had been held by Feeney. The council says a by-election will be held at the earliest opportunity
01:17to fill the three vacant councillor positions in Castle Bromwich. Reform UK has said there's no room
01:23for racism in the party and the comments do not reflect its values.
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