Following this week's local elections, Reform UK has, for the first time, won control of local councils.
It is now in charge in 10 areas, and there are a further four where it is the largest party. The party also has two new mayors in Greater Lincolnshire and Hull & East Yorkshire.
Having fought a successful campaign, Nigel Farage's party now has to show what it will do with its new power.
Town hall Doge
Farage has said he wants to see "a Doge in every county". Doge, is the Department of Government Efficiency set up by US President Donald Trump and his adviser the tech billionaire Elon Musk with the aim of slashing government spending.
Speaking to journalists as his party stormed to victory in Durham, Farage set out what that was likely to mean in Reform-led councils across the country.
"I think you all better really be seeking alternative careers," he warned council staff who were "working on climate change initiatives, or Diversity, Equality and Inclusion" or opting to work from home.
He added: "We want to give council taxpayers better value for money, reduce excessive expenditure, find out who long-term contracts are with, reduce the scale of local government back to what it ought to be – providing social care, providing SEN needs for kids, mending pot holes."
