A Bolton taxi driver has been charged with people smuggling offences.
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A Bolton councillor has defected to become the borough’s first Reform UK/Bolton For Change representative.
Coun Julie Pattison was elected in the Kearsley ward in 2018 as a member of the Farnworth and Kearsley First group.
She was a founder member of that party and until today was one of their five representatives on Bolton Council.
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She will now sit under the Reform UK/Bolton For Change banner until May, when her term of office will finish.
The Local Democracy Reporting Service understands she will then stand for election for her new party in direct opposition to a Farnworth and Kearsley First candidate.
In a joint statement with her former party Coun Pattison, announced her resignation from Farnworth and Kearsley First.
She added that in the next general election, she is hoping to stand as a potential MP for Reform UK/Bolton For Change, which replaced the Brexit Party.
She is set to be their parliamentary candidate in the Bolton South East constituency.
The joint statement, said: “Julie feels that this will help her to fulfil her long held desire to fight social injustice at a national level.
“Farnworth and Kearsley First and Julie express thanks and best wishes to each other for the future.”
Farnworth and Kearsley First leader, Paul Sanders, added: "Farnworth and Kearsley First and Coun Pattison have parted company on good personal terms.
"But Julie’s decision to join a different type of politics, and to focus on wider national issues, are completely her own.
"Farnworth and Kearsley First Party will continue to focus purely on the betterment of Kearsley and Farnworth and passionately representing our
A Bolton taxi driver has been charged with people smuggling offences.
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